CVE-2022-1720

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-1720
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-06-20 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer Over-read in function grab_file_name in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4956. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-126

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 35 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-9 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-3 macOS Big Sur 11.7 FULLDISC seclists.org
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.7 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
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
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-8.2.5172-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.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 35 Update: vim-8.2.5172-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.5172-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
patch 8.2.4956: reading past end of line with "gf" in Visual block mode · vim/vim@395bd1f · GitHub MISC github.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-7 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-4 macOS Monterey 12.6 FULLDISC seclists.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13 FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3053-1] vim security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-8.2.5172-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Buffer Over-read in function grab_file_name vulnerability found in vim CONFIRM huntr.dev
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179379 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 3053-1)
  • 181198 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 3182-1)
  • 183012 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2022-1720)
  • 199271 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-5995-1)
  • 282876 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-719f3ec21b)
  • 282892 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-bb7f3cacbf)
  • 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
  • 672056 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2263)
  • 672072 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2250)
  • 672105 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2307)
  • 672124 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2336)
  • 672191 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2483)
  • 710607 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32)
  • 710718 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16)
  • 752573 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:3229-1)
  • 753066 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1)
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