Bug 2088693 (CVE-2022-1796)

Summary: CVE-2022-1796 vim: Use After Free
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: gchamoul, karsten, michal.skrivanek, mperina, sbonazzo, zdohnal
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Fixed In Version: vim 8.2.4979 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to Illegal memory access and leads to a use after free vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution.
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2022-05-20 05:56:29 UTC
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/28d032cc688ccfda18c5bbcab8b50aba6e18cde5
https://huntr.dev/bounties/f6739b58-49f9-4056-a843-bf76bbc1253e

Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-06-07 07:49:37 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-1796