vim up to 8.1 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim up to 8.1. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-0407. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim up to 8.1 (Word Processing Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 01/30/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-0407 since 01/28/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 44db8213d38c39877d2148eff6a72f4beccfb94e 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.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: vim 8.2
Patch: 44db8213d38c39877d2148eff6a72f4beccfb94e

Timelineinfo

01/28/2022 🔍
01/30/2022 +2 days 🔍
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02/02/2022 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 44db8213d38c39877d2148eff6a72f4beccfb94e
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-0407 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-0407
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-192003

Entryinfo

Created: 01/30/2022 17:32
Updated: 02/02/2022 16:29
Changes: 01/30/2022 17:32 (50), 02/02/2022 16:29 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:87D:103

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