CVE-2022-1621

Publication date 10 May 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy find_word in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4919. This vulnerability is capable of crashing software, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.8
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.9
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Notes

ccdm94

for xenial and earlier, patched file should be src/spell.c instead of src/spellfile.c.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H