Bug 2103133 (CVE-2022-2257)

Summary:	CVE-2022-2257 vim: an out-of-bound read in function msg_outtrans_special
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marian Rehak <mrehak>
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, zdohnal
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	vim 9.0.0009	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in vim, which is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read in the msg_outtrans_special function. This flaw allows a specially crafted file to crash software or execute code when opened in vim.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2022-07-28 12:34:23 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2103134, 2111515
Bug Blocks:	2103135

Description Marian Rehak 2022-07-01 14:07:30 UTC

Out-of-bound read in function msg_outtrans_special at message.c:1716.

Reference:

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/083692d598139228e101b8c521aaef7bcf256e9a
https://huntr.dev/bounties/ca581f80-03ba-472a-b820-78f7fd05fe89

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2022-07-01 14:07:46 UTC

Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2103134]