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OESA-2022-1749 (CVE-2022-1720)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2022-07-14 11:05 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:05 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
vim security update
Details

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

Security Fix(es):

Buffer Over-read in function grab_file_name in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4956. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.(CVE-2022-1720)

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.5163.(CVE-2022-2208)

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.(CVE-2022-2207)

Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.(CVE-2022-2183)

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.(CVE-2022-2284)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.(CVE-2022-2285)

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.(CVE-2022-2304)

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0046.(CVE-2022-2345)

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0045.(CVE-2022-2344)

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.(CVE-2022-2042)

Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.(CVE-2022-2000)

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
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          "vim-debugsource-8.2-42.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "vim-enhanced-8.2-42.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "vim-minimal-8.2-42.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "vim-common-8.2-42.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "vim-X11-8.2-42.oe1.aarch64.rpm"
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        ]
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      },
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            }
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  "database_specific": {
    "severity": "Critical"
  },
  "details": "Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor \u0026apos;Vi\u0026apos;, with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\nBuffer Over-read in function grab_file_name in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4956. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.(CVE-2022-1720)\r\n\r\nNULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.5163.(CVE-2022-2208)\r\n\r\nHeap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.(CVE-2022-2207)\r\n\r\nOut-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.(CVE-2022-2183)\r\n\r\nHeap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.(CVE-2022-2284)\r\n\r\nInteger Overflow or Wraparound in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.(CVE-2022-2285)\r\n\r\nStack-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.(CVE-2022-2304)\r\n\r\nUse After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0046.(CVE-2022-2345)\r\n\r\nHeap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0045.(CVE-2022-2344)\r\n\r\nUse After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.(CVE-2022-2042)\r\n\r\nOut-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.(CVE-2022-2000)",
  "id": "OESA-2022-1749",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:05:01Z",
  "published": "2022-07-14T11:05:01Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1749"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1720"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2208"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2207"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2183"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2284"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2285"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2304"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2345"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2344"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2042"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2000"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.2",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "vim security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-1720",
    "CVE-2022-2208",
    "CVE-2022-2207",
    "CVE-2022-2183",
    "CVE-2022-2284",
    "CVE-2022-2285",
    "CVE-2022-2304",
    "CVE-2022-2345",
    "CVE-2022-2344",
    "CVE-2022-2042",
    "CVE-2022-2000"
  ]
}



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