vim up to 9.0.0060 input behavior

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A vulnerability was found in vim and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to input behavior. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-2598. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in vim (Word Processing Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input behavior vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-475. The behavior of this function is undefined unless its control parameter is set to a specific value. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Out-of-bounds Write to API in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0100.

The weakness was disclosed 08/01/2022. The advisory is shared for download at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-2598 since 08/01/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.0.0100 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 4e677b9c40ccbc5f090971b31dc2fe07bf05541d 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-2022-34845). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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
• 8.2.4925
• 8.2.4938
• 8.2.4956
• 8.2.4959
• 9.0
• 9.0.0044
• 9.0.0045
• 9.0.0046
• 9.0.0060

License

• open-source

Website

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

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