vim up to 9.0.0220 null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in vim. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-2874. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in vim (Word Processing Software). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0223.

The weakness was shared 08/18/2022. The advisory is shared for download at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-2874 since 08/17/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 224714 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-2874), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.0.0223 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 4875d6ab068f09df88d24d81de40dcd8d56e243d 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 (224714) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-35106). 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
• 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
• 9.0.0212
• 9.0.0217
• 9.0.0219
• 9.0.0220

License

• open-source

Website

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

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