CVE-2022-2980 - NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim

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MEDIUM

NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim

Published Aug 25, 2022

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.86%

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0259.

Affected products

Vendor Vim Product Vim/vim Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <9.0.0259

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	<9.0.0259

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

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. Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 are Out-of-Support-Scope for Low/Moderate flaws, the issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates for RHEL-6 and 7. Only Important and Critical severity flaws will be addressed at this time. 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

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

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

References (9)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2980
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2123709
Issue Tracking
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-35201
Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/80525751c5ce9ed82c41d83faf9ef38667bf61b1
PatchThird Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/6e7b12a5-242c-453d-b39e-9625d563b0ea
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/
vendor-advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2980
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2980

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2980		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2123709		Issue Tracking
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-35201		Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/80525751c5ce9ed82c41d83faf9ef38667bf61b1		PatchThird Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/6e7b12a5-242c-453d-b39e-9625d563b0ea		ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/		vendor-advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2980
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16		vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2980