Bug 2055695 (CVE-2022-0629)

Summary: CVE-2022-0629 vim: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in vim prior to 8.2.
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Sandipan Roy <saroy>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: fhrdina, gchamoul, karsten, michal.skrivanek, mperina, zdohnal
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Fixed In Version: vim 8.2.4428 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in vim's ga_concat_shorten_esc() function of src/testing.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted file, triggering a stack-overflow. This issue can lead to an application crash, causing a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2056431, 2056432    
Bug Blocks: 2055698    

Description Sandipan Roy 2022-02-17 14:32:31 UTC
Stack-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/34f8117dec685ace52cd9e578e2729db278163fc
https://huntr.dev/bounties/95e2b0da-e480-4ee8-9324-a93a2ab0a877

Comment 2 TEJ RATHI 2022-02-21 08:30:44 UTC
Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2056431]