PT-2022-3431 · Vim+7 · Vim+7

Brammool · Published 2022-06-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2022-2208

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vim versions prior to 8.2.5163

Description The issue is related to a NULL Pointer Dereference in the vim text editor, specifically in the diff.c component. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.2.5163, update to version 8.2.5163 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the diff.c component until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-2150

ALT-PU-2022-2272

ALT-PU-2022-2420

ALT-PU-2022-2430

AZL-9978

BDU:2022-04209

CVE-2022-2208

MGASA-2022-0430

OESA-2022-1749

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3229-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12337-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3229-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1

USN-6270-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

Vim

References · 302

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2208.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://huntr.dev/bounties/7bfe3d5b-568f-4c34-908f-a39909638cc1 · Exploit
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cd38bb4d83c942c4bad596835c6766cbf32e5195 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3182 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/GFD2A4YLBR7OIRHTL7CK6YNMEIQ264CN · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/43Y3VJPOTTY3NTREDIFUPITM2POG4ZLP · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2304 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2022-1749 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/RY3GEN2Q46ZJKSNHTN2XB6B3VAJBEILN · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2042 · Security Note