CVE-2022-1851
Public on 2022-05-25
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description
A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to Illegal memory access and leads to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the gchar_cursor function. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
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 |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | vim-8.0.1257-2.amzn2.0.1 | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | vim-8.2.4857-1.amzn2.0.1 | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-8.2.4857-1.amzn2022 | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | vim-8.2.4877-1.1.amzn1 | No Fix Planned |
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 | 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 |