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Medium ALSA-2022:5242 6 CVEs

Moderate: vim security update

Published Jul 1, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.
Security Fix(es):
* vim: Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in vim (CVE-2022-0554)
* vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow occurs in vim (CVE-2022-0943)
* vim: Out-of-range Pointer Offset (CVE-2022-1420)
* vim: heap buffer overflow (CVE-2022-1621)
* vim: buffer over-read (CVE-2022-1629)
* vim: use after free in utf_ptr2char (CVE-2022-1154)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-common 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-enhanced 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-filesystem 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-minimal 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-X11 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2

Vulnerabilities 6

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0554
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0943
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1154
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1420
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1621
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1629
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2058483
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2064064
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2073013
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2077734
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2083924
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2083931
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-5242.html