vim up to 8.2.4919 find_next_quote buffer overflow

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A vulnerability was found in vim. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects the function find_next_quote. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-1629. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in vim (Word Processing Software). This vulnerability affects the function find_next_quote. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 05/10/2022. The advisory is shared for download at huntr.dev. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-1629 since 05/09/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 269953 (Oracle Linux 8 : vim (ELSA-2025-17715)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 8.2.4925 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 53a70289c2712808e6d4e88927e03cac01b470dd 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 (269953) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-24918). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Word Processing Software

Name

• vim

Version

• 0.52
• 1.0
• 1.22
• 3.0
• 4.0
• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.3.011
• 6.3.025
• 6.3.030
• 6.3.044
• 6.3.081
• 6.4
• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.1.38
• 7.1.314
• 7.2
• 7.2a.10
• 8.0
• 8.0.0056
• 8.0.0322
• 8.0.0377
• 8.0.0378
• 8.0.1263
• 8.1.0881
• 8.1.1365
• 8.1.2135
• 8.1.2136
• 8.2
• 8.2.2348
• 8.2.3883
• 8.2.4646
• 8.2.4774
• 8.2.4919

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/vim/vim/

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