Bug 2120989 (CVE-2022-2923)

Summary: CVE-2022-2923 vim: null pointer dereference in function sug_filltree
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: gchamoul, karsten, zdohnal
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: vim 9.0.0240 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in vim, where it is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in the sug_filltree function. This flaw allows a specially crafted file to crash the software.
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Last Closed: 2022-09-12 11:55:05 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 2120990, 2123643, 2123644    
Bug Blocks: 2120991    

Description Marian Rehak 2022-08-24 09:17:02 UTC
NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0240.

Reference:

https://huntr.dev/bounties/fd3a3ab8-ab0f-452f-afea-8c613e283fd2
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6669de1b235843968e88844ca6d3c8dec4b01a9e

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2022-08-24 09:17:15 UTC
Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2120990]