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Medium RLSA-2022:5319 2 CVEs

Moderate: vim security update

Published Jun 28, 2022 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Ecosystem: Rocky Linux

Summary

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

* vim: heap buffer overflow (CVE-2022-1621)

* vim: buffer over-read (CVE-2022-1629)

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 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 vim 2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.2

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.3
    CVE-2022-1621

    Heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy find_word in vim/vim

    Heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy find_word in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4919. This vulnerability is capable of crashing software, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

    vim vim/vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine
  • Medium 6.6
    CVE-2022-1629

    Buffer Over-read in function find_next_quote in vim/vim

    Buffer Over-read in function find_next_quote in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4925. This vulnerabilities are capable of crashing software, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

    vim vim/vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2083924
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2083931