MEDIUM
NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim
Published Aug 22, 2022
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.50%
Description
NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0240.
Affected products
-
Affected
- ≥ unspecified, < 9.0.0240
Configuration 2
- 35
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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
Fix deferred
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 | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | vim | Fix deferred | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a Low security impact, because the "victim" 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.
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2923 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2120989 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-35149 Advisory
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6669de1b235843968e88844ca6d3c8dec4b01a9e PatchThird Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/fd3a3ab8-ab0f-452f-afea-8c613e283fd2 ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/ vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2923
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2923
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2923 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2120989 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-35149 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6669de1b235843968e88844ca6d3c8dec4b01a9e | PatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://huntr.dev/bounties/fd3a3ab8-ab0f-452f-afea-8c613e283fd2 | ExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/ | vendor-advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2923 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 | vendor-advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2923 |
Change history (0)
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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner @huntrdev
Published Aug 22, 2022
Updated Aug 3, 2024
Reserved Aug 21, 2022
Link CVE-2022-2923
CISA Vulnrichment
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GitHub
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