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CVE-2022-0318

Publication date 21 January 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.7
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.14
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored changes too intrusive

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Notes

ccdm94

the patch for CVE-2022-0318 causes one of the utf8 tests to start failing, which in turn causes build failures as well. Commit fc6ccebea66 addresses this issue and updates the test.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references