vim up to 9.0.0224 null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in vim. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-2923. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim (Word Processing Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0239.

The weakness was shared 08/23/2022. The advisory is shared at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-2923 since 08/21/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 224719 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-2923), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.0.0239 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 6669de1b235843968e88844ca6d3c8dec4b01a9e 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 (224719) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-35149). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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
• 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
• 9.0.0223
• 9.0.0224

License

• open-source

Website

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

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