PT-2022-4857 · Vim+7 · Vim+7

Afang + 2 · Published 2022-05-23 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2022-1851

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vim versions prior to 8.2

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read in the Vim text editor, specifically in the gchar cursor function of the misc1.c component. This allows a remote attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.2, update to version 8.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive data until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-1948

ALT-PU-2022-1958

ALT-PU-2022-1977

ALT-PU-2022-1987

AZL-9831

BDU:2022-05980

CVE-2022-1851

DLA-3053-1

DLA-3182-1

MGASA-2022-0223

OESA-2022-1717

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_2102-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12337-1

SUSE-SU-2022:2102-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1

USN-5498-1

USN-5995-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Apple Macos

Suse

Ubuntu

Vim

References · 317

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/1xxx/CVE-2022-1851.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://huntr.dev/bounties/f8af901a-9a46-440d-942a-8f815b59394d · Exploit
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/78d52883e10d71f23ab72a3d8b9733b00da8c9ad · Patch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TYNK6SDCMOLQJOI3B4AOE66P2G2IH4ZM · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2946 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1851 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1735 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2571 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1629 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1898 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2849 · Vendor Advisory