vim up to 8.1 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in vim up to 8.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-0318. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim up to 8.1 (Word Processing Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an 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 01/21/2022. The advisory is shared at huntr.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-0318 since 01/20/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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.

Upgrading to version 8.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 57df9e8a9f9ae1aafdde9b86b10ad907627a87dc is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (212462), EUVD (EUVD-2022-15487) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-0052). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • Gentoo Linux
  • Avaya Aura Communication Manager
  • Avaya Aura Session Manager
  • Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services
  • Avaya Aura System Manager
  • Avaya Aura Experience Portal
  • Open Source vim
  • NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 6.6
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

Availability: 🔍
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)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: vim 8.2
Patch: 57df9e8a9f9ae1aafdde9b86b10ad907627a87dc

Timelineinfo

01/20/2022 🔍
01/21/2022 +1 days 🔍
01/21/2022 +0 days 🔍
03/25/2026 +1524 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 57df9e8a9f9ae1aafdde9b86b10ad907627a87dc
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2022-0318 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-0318
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-191381
EUVD: 🔍
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2022-0052 - vim: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2022 14:30
Updated: 03/25/2026 06:40
Changes: 01/21/2022 14:30 (50), 01/27/2022 08:20 (3), 12/12/2024 03:38 (16), 05/02/2025 01:08 (3), 01/19/2026 11:54 (7), 03/25/2026 06:40 (1)
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