CVE-2022-1720

Public on 2022-06-20
Modified on 2022-10-25
Description
A heap buffer over-read vulnerability was found in Vim's grab_file_name() function of the src/findfile.c file. This flaw occurs because the function reads after the NULL terminates the line with "gf" in Visual block mode. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering a heap buffer over-read vulnerability that causes an application to crash and corrupt memory.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.6
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 vim 2022-07-28 ALAS-2022-1628 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core vim 2022-07-19 ALAS2-2022-1829 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 vim 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-098 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.6 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:X
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H