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GHSA-VWCR-HCQ5-36JR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-27 12:00 – Updated: 2023-01-23 21:30

Details

A vulnerability was found in vim and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function qf_update_buffer of the file quickfix.c of the component autocmd Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 9.0.0805 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is d0fab10ed2a86698937e3c3fed2f10bd9bb5e731. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-212324.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2022-3705 (GCVE-0-2022-3705)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-26 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-15 13:24

Title

vim autocmd quickfix.c qf_update_buffer use after free

Summary

Severity

5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-14 17:07 UTC

CWE

CWE-119 - Memory Corruption -> CWE-416 Use After Free

Assigner

VulDB CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3882 records in the last 180 days details

References

10 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0fab10ed2a8669…
https://vuldb.com/?id.212324
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022…	mailing-list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2022122…
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213605
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/19	mailing-list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
unspecified	vim	Affected: n/a

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