PT-2022-4291 · Vim+6 · Vim+6

Brammool · Published 2022-08-17 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2022-2874

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vim versions prior to 9.0.0224

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference error in the generate loadvar() function of the Vim text editor. This could allow a remote attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The error is associated with pointer handling mistakes.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0.0224, update to version 9.0.0224 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the generate loadvar() function until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-2616

ALT-PU-2022-2704

ALT-PU-2022-2714

ALT-PU-2022-3192

AZL-10572

BDU:2022-05145

CVE-2022-2874

MGASA-2022-0430

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3229-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12337-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3229-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1

USN-6302-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

Vim

References · 287

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2874.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://huntr.dev/bounties/95f97dfe-247d-475d-9740-b7adc71f4c79 · Exploit
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4875d6ab068f09df88d24d81de40dcd8d56e243d · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2862 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3182 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2817 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3099 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-10572 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/43Y3VJPOTTY3NTREDIFUPITM2POG4ZLP · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2522 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/RY3GEN2Q46ZJKSNHTN2XB6B3VAJBEILN · Vendor Advisory