vim prior 9.0.0804 floating point comparison with incorrect operator

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in vim. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in floating point comparison with incorrect operator. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-4293. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in vim (Word Processing Software). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a floating point comparison with incorrect operator vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-1077. The code performs a comparison such as an equality test between two float (floating point) values, but it uses comparison operators that do not account for the possibility of loss of precision. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0804.

The weakness was shared 12/06/2022. The advisory is shared for download at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-4293 since 12/05/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.0.0804 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch cdef1cefa2a440911c727558562f83ed9b00e16b 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.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Floating point comparison with incorrect operator
CWE: CWE-1077
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: vim 9.0.0804
Patch: cdef1cefa2a440911c727558562f83ed9b00e16b

Timelineinfo

12/05/2022 🔍
12/06/2022 +1 days 🔍
12/06/2022 +0 days 🔍
12/26/2022 +20 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: cdef1cefa2a440911c727558562f83ed9b00e16b
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-4293 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-4293
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-214884

Entryinfo

Created: 12/06/2022 09:55
Updated: 12/26/2022 16:32
Changes: 12/06/2022 09:55 (49), 12/26/2022 16:25 (1), 12/26/2022 16:32 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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