PT-2022-5221 · Vim+6 · Vim+6

Brammool · Published 2022-06-29 · Updated 2025-03-30 · CVE-2022-2304

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 9.0

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the spell dump compl function of the spell.c component in the Vim text editor. This can allow a remote attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0, update to version 9.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the spell dump compl function in the spell.c component until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Stack Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-121

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-2600

ALT-PU-2022-2637

ALT-PU-2022-2659

ALT-PU-2022-3192

AZL-10062

BDU:2022-06481

CVE-2022-2304

DLA-3182-1

DLA-4097-1

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-5723-1

USN-5995-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

Vim

References · 331

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2304.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://huntr.dev/bounties/eb7402f3-025a-402f-97a7-c38700d9548a · Exploit
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/54e5fed6d27b747ff152cdb6edfb72ff60e70939 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2946 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1851 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3182 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1735 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2022-2304 · 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2849 · Vendor Advisory