CVE-2022-2874 - NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim

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MEDIUM

NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim

Published Aug 18, 2022

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.48%

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0224.

Affected products

Vendor Vim Product Vim/vim Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <9.0.0224

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

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Vim

Vim/vim

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<9.0.0224

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

vim

Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

vim

Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

vim

Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

vim

Fix deferred

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	vim	Out of support scope	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	vim	Out of support scope	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	vim	Not affected	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	vim	Fix deferred	n/a

Remediation

Red Hat statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a Low security impact because the user has to run an untrusted file IN SCRIPT MODE. Someone who is running untrusted files in script mode is equivalent to someone just taking a random python script and running it. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle & Updates Policy: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

Red Hat mitigation

Do not run untrusted vim scripts as it's not recommended.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

References (8)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2874
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2193207
Issue Tracking
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-35106
Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4875d6ab068f09df88d24d81de40dcd8d56e243d
PatchThird Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/95f97dfe-247d-475d-9740-b7adc71f4c79
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2874
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2874

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2874		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2193207		Issue Tracking
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-35106		Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4875d6ab068f09df88d24d81de40dcd8d56e243d		PatchThird Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/95f97dfe-247d-475d-9740-b7adc71f4c79		ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2874
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16		vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2874