CVE-2022-1616

Summary

CVECVE-2022-1616
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-05-07 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
DescriptionUse after free in append_command in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4895. This vulnerability is capable of crashing software, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3011-1] vim security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13 FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3182-1] vim security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
patch 8.2.4895: buffer overflow with invalid command with composing c… · vim/vim@d889344 · GitHub MISC github.com
Use after free in append_command vulnerability found in vim CONFIRM huntr.dev
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13 FULLDISC seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179292 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 3011-1)
  • 181198 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 3182-1)
  • 184222 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2022-1616)
  • 198939 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-5613-1)
  • 282670 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-f0db3943d9)
  • 282699 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-8df66cdbef)
  • 282700 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-e92c3ce170)
  • 296082 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 48.126.1 Missing (CPUJUL2022)
  • 354009 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2022-1829
  • 354033 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-1628
  • 354356 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-116
  • 354497 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-155
  • 354585 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-155
  • 355135 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2023-2023-098
  • 671882 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1953)
  • 671907 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1984)
  • 671935 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2014)
  • 671979 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2173)
  • 671980 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2148)
  • 672048 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2282)
  • 672223 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2639)
  • 710607 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32)
  • 710718 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16)
  • 752246 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:2102-1)
  • 753066 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1)
  • 901580 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9740)
  • 901727 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9737)
  • 902071 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9737-1)
  • 902203 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9740-1)
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