CVE-2022-1620

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Last Modified on: 05/03/2023 12:15:00 PM UTC

CVE-2022-1620 - advisory for 7a4c59f3-fcc0-4496-995d-5ca6acd2da51

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Certain versions of Macos from Apple contain the following vulnerability:

NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4901. NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input.

CVE-2022-1620 has been assigned by sec[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
Affected Vendor/Software: vim - vim/vim version < 8.2.4901

CVSS3 Score: 7.5 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
NETWORK	LOW	NONE	NONE
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	NONE	NONE	HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 5 - MEDIUM

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13	seclists.org text/html	FULLDISC 20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13
NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 vulnerability found in vim	huntr.dev text/html	CONFIRM huntr.dev/bounties/7a4c59f3-fcc0-4496-995d-5ca6acd2da51
patch 8.2.4901: NULL pointer access when using invalid pattern · vim/vim@8e4b76d · GitHub	github.com text/html	MISC github.com/vim/vim/commit/8e4b76da1d7e987d43ca960dfbc372d1c617466f
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists	lists.fedoraproject.org text/html	FEDORA FEDORA-2022-e92c3ce170
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security	security.gentoo.org text/html	GENTOO GLSA-202208-32
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13 - Apple Support	support.apple.com text/html	CONFIRM support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16) — Gentoo security	security.gentoo.org text/html	GENTOO GLSA-202305-16
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists	lists.fedoraproject.org text/html	FEDORA FEDORA-2022-8df66cdbef
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists	lists.fedoraproject.org text/html	FEDORA FEDORA-2022-f0db3943d9
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13	seclists.org text/html	FULLDISC 20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13

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Related QID Numbers

183435 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2022-1620)
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
502241 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
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)
901574 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9711)
901705 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9704)
902059 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9704-1)
902193 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9711-1)

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Operating System	Apple	Macos	All	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

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE

Social Mentions

Source	Title	Posted (UTC)
@huntrHacktivity	NULL Pointer Dereference in github.com/vim/vim (CVE-2022-1620) reported by jieyongma - Patch:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2022-05-07 11:07:32
@CVEreport	CVE-2022-1620 : NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 in GitHub repository vim/v… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2022-05-08 10:23:42
/r/netcve	CVE-2022-1620	2022-05-08 11:38:06
/r/k12cybersecurity	MS-ISAC CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple Products Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution - PATCH: NOW	2022-10-27 12:48:22