CVE-2022-0261 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

HIGH

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Published Jan 18, 2022

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.68%

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<8.2

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	vim-2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12	Fixed	RHSA-2022:0894
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	vim-2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12	Fixed	RHSA-2022:0894
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	vim	Not affected	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	vim	Not affected	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	vim	Not affected	n/a

Red Hat statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 are not affected because the vulnerable code is not present in our code base.

Red Hat mitigation

Untrusted vim scripts with -s [scriptin] are not recommended to run.

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-122

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28		mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41		mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43		mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0261		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044607		Issue Tracking
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-15446		Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9f8c304c8a390ade133bac29963dc8e56ab14cbc		PatchThird Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/fa795954-8775-4f23-98c6-d4d4d3fe8a82		ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00022.html		mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html		mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0261
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32		vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444		Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488		Third Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0261