vim up to 8.1 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in vim up to 8.1. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-0943. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim up to 8.1 (Word Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 03/15/2022. The advisory is available at huntr.dev. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-0943 since 03/13/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 8.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 5c68617d395f9d7b824f68475b24ce3e38d653a3 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 vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-15959). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.4
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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: 5c68617d395f9d7b824f68475b24ce3e38d653a3

Timelineinfo

03/13/2022 🔍
03/15/2022 +2 days 🔍
03/15/2022 +0 days 🔍
03/31/2026 +1477 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 5c68617d395f9d7b824f68475b24ce3e38d653a3
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-0943 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-0943
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-194938
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2022 08:29
Updated: 03/31/2026 12:42
Changes: 03/15/2022 08:29 (50), 03/16/2022 20:25 (2), 03/31/2026 12:42 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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