CVE-2022-2264

Public on 2022-07-01
Modified on 2023-03-22
Description

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Vim's inc() function of misc2.c. This issue occurs because Vim reads beyond the end of the line with a put command. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an out-of-bounds read that causes a crash in the CLI tool.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
3.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 vim 2022-10-17 20:22 ALAS-2022-1639
Amazon Linux 2 - Core vim 2022-10-17 21:46 ALAS2-2022-1868
Amazon Linux 2023 vim 2023-02-17 20:48 ALAS2023-2023-098

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H