vim up to 9.0.0239 vim/vim use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in vim. Impacted is an unknown function of the file vim/vim. Performing a manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-2946. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim (Word Processing Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the file vim/vim. 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 9.0.0245.

The weakness was shared 08/24/2022. The advisory is shared at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-2946 since 08/22/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 224701 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-2946), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.0.0245 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch adce965162dd89bf29ee0e5baf53652e7515762c 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 (224701) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-35167). 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
• 9.0.0212
• 9.0.0217
• 9.0.0219
• 9.0.0220
• 9.0.0223
• 9.0.0224
• 9.0.0239

License

• open-source

Website

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

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