CVE-2022-1619

moderate-risk

Published 2022-05-08

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function cmdline_erase_chars in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4899. This vulnerabilities are capable of crashing software, modify memory, and possible remote execution

Do I need to act?

1.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Vim

Fedora

Debian Linux

Hci Management Node

Solidfire

Macos

Affected Vendors

Debian Apple Fedoraproject Netapp Vim

References (26)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41

Patch https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ef02f16609ff0a26ffc6e20263523424980898fe

Exploit https://huntr.dev/bounties/b3200483-624e-4c76-a070-e246f62a7450

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00022.html

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16

Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220930-0007/

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41

Patch https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ef02f16609ff0a26ffc6e20263523424980898fe

Exploit https://huntr.dev/bounties/b3200483-624e-4c76-a070-e246f62a7450

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00022.html

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

and 6 more references

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal

Exposure 15/34 · Moderate