CVE-2022-0417

Publication date 1 February 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

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

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vim	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.3
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.11
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

ccdm94

this CVE involves code that was introduced in version 8.1.0105 of vim. Part of the patched code was introduced in version 8.2.3402, which is the fix for CVE-2021-3770. The vulnerability related to this other CVE also does not affect bionic and earlier.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
vim	Upstream: 652dee4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H