vim up to 9.0.0211 use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in vim. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-2817. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in vim (Word Processing Software). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0212.

The weakness was shared 08/16/2022. The advisory is shared at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-2817 since 08/14/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.0.0212 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 249e1b903a9c0460d618f6dcc59aeb8c03b24b20 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-2022-35055). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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
• 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
• 9.0.0100
• 9.0.0101
• 9.0.0102
• 9.0.0104
• 9.0.0210
• 9.0.0211

License

• open-source

Website

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

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