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CVE-2022-1420

Public on 2022-04-21
Modified on 2023-01-18
Description

A vulnerability was found in Vim. The issue occurs when using a number in a string for the lambda name, triggering an out-of-range pointer offset vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted script containing an argument as a number and then using it as a string pointer to access any memory location, causing an application to crash and possibly access some memory.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 vim 2022-05-31 23:47 ALAS-2022-1597
Amazon Linux 2 - Core vim 2022-05-31 23:50 ALAS2-2022-1805
Amazon Linux 2023 vim 2023-02-17 20:48 ALAS2023-2023-098

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H