vim heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in vim. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-0213. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in vim (Word Processing Software) (affected version not known). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 01/14/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-0213 since 01/13/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212462 (Amazon Linux 2022 : vim-common, vim-data, vim-default-editor (ALAS2022-2022-020)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch de05bb25733c3319e18dca44e9b59c6ee389eb26 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (212462) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-15415). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 6.8
CNA Vector (huntr.dev): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 212462
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux 2022 : vim-common, vim-data, vim-default-editor (ALAS2022-2022-020)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: de05bb25733c3319e18dca44e9b59c6ee389eb26

Timelineinfo

01/13/2022 🔍
01/14/2022 +1 days 🔍
01/14/2022 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2026 +1530 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: de05bb25733c3319e18dca44e9b59c6ee389eb26
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2022-0213 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-0213
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-190451
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 01/14/2022 17:07
Updated: 03/24/2026 13:02
Changes: 01/14/2022 17:07 (48), 01/17/2022 20:15 (3), 12/12/2024 03:38 (16), 05/02/2025 02:10 (3), 03/24/2026 13:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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