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.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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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 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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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 |