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Medium ALAS2-2022-1805 12 CVEs

Moderate: vim security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published May 31, 2022 · Updated Sep 23, 2025

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-1420: A vulnerability was found in Vim. The issue occurs when using a number in a string for the lambda name, triggering an out-of-range pointer offset vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted script containing an argument as a number and then using it as a string pointer to access any memory location, causing an application to crash and possibly access some memory. CVE-2022-1381: A global heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in vim's skip_range() function of the src/ex_docmd.c file. This flaw occurs because vim uses an invalid pointer with V: in Ex mode. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering a heap buffer overflow that causes an application to crash, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2022-1160: A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in vim's get_one_sourceline() function of scriptfile.c file. This flaw occurs when source can read past the end of the copied line. 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. CVE-2022-1154: A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in Vim's utf_ptr2char() function of the src/mbyte.c file. This flaw occurs because vim is using a buffer line after it has been freed in the old regexp engine. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering a heap use-after-free that causes an application to crash, possibly executing code and corrupting memory. CVE-2022-0943: 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. CVE-2022-0729: A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to crashes within specific regexp patterns and strings and leads to an out-of-range vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution. CVE-2022-0714: A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in vim's win_lbr_chartabsize() function of charset.c file. The issue occurs due to an incorrect 'vartabstop' value. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering a heap-overflow, and can cause an application to crash, eventually leading to a denial of service. CVE-2022-0443: A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to using freed memory which results in a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution. CVE-2022-0417: A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to illegal memory access and leads to a heap buffer overflow. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution. CVE-2022-0413: A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to using freed memory when the substitute uses a recursive function call, resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution. CVE-2022-0408: A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to stack corruption when looking for spell suggestions and leads to a stack buffer overflow. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution. CVE-2022-0393: A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to a crash when recording and using Select mode and leads to an out-of-bounds read. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution.

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 vim-common 2:8.2.4857-1.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 vim-data 2:8.2.4857-1.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 vim-debuginfo 2:8.2.4857-1.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 vim-enhanced 2:8.2.4857-1.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 vim-filesystem 2:8.2.4857-1.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 vim-minimal 2:8.2.4857-1.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 vim-X11 2:8.2.4857-1.amzn2.0.1

Vulnerabilities 12

References

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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0393.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0408.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0413.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0417.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0443.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0714.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0729.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0943.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1154.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1160.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1381.html
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    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1420.html