SB2022081854 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim

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SB2022081854 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim

Published: August 18, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022081854
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 12
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 58% Low 42%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 12 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2522)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the ins_compl_infercase_gettext() function in insexpand.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2580)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the eval_string() function in typval.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2581)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the utf_ptr2char() function in regexp.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.


4) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2571)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the vim_iswordp_buf() function in insexpand.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


5) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2598)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the diff_write_buffer() function in diff.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application.


6) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2845)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within edit.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


7) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2849)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in mbyte.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


8) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2862)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in vim9compile.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


9) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2874)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in vim9compile.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim top open a specially crafted file and crash the application.


10) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2819)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in vim9cmds.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


11) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2817)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing files in testing.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


12) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2816)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the check_vim9_unlet() function in vim9cmds.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References