CVE-2022-0943

Public on 2022-03-14
Modified on 2023-01-18
Description
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in vim's suggest_try_change() function of the spellsuggest.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted file, triggering a heap-overflow and causing an application to crash, which leads to a denial of service.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 vim 2022-04-04 ALAS-2022-1579 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 vim 2022-05-31 ALAS-2022-1597 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core vim 2022-05-31 ALAS2-2022-1805 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 vim 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-098 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H