Bug 2083026 (CVE-2022-1619)

Summary:	CVE-2022-1619 vim: heap-buffer-overflow in cmdline_erase_chars of ex_getln.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	gchamoul, karsten, michal.skrivanek, mperina, sbonazzo, zdohnal
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	vim 8.2.4899	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in vim, which is vulnerable to a heap-buffer-overflow in cmdline_erase_chars of the ex_getln.c function. This flaw allows a specially crafted file to crash software, modify memory or execute code when opened in vim.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2022-08-10 11:46:29 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
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Bug Depends On:	2083470, 2111905
Bug Blocks:	2083030

Description TEJ RATHI 2022-05-09 06:25:51 UTC

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

https://huntr.dev/bounties/b3200483-624e-4c76-a070-e246f62a7450
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ef02f16609ff0a26ffc6e20263523424980898fe

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2022-05-10 07:48:10 UTC

Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2083470]

Comment 2 Marian Rehak 2022-05-26 11:58:32 UTC

Victim has to run an untrusted file IN SCRIPT MODE. Changing severity to Low.