USN-7048-1: Vim vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• vim - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details

Suyue Guo discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when flushing the
typeahead buffer, leading to heap-buffer-overflow. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04

• vim - 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.3

Ubuntu 22.04

• vim - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.19

Ubuntu 20.04

• vim - 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.25

Ubuntu 18.04

• vim - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm10
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• vim - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm25
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2024-43802

Related notices

• USN-7048-2: vim, vim-gnome, vim-common, vim-doc, vim-gtk, vim-tiny, vim-nox, vim-lesstif, vim-gui-common, vim-runtime, vim-athena