Bug 2102183 (CVE-2022-2208) - CVE-2022-2208 vim: null pointer dereference in function diff_check
Summary: CVE-2022-2208 vim: null pointer dereference in function diff_check
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-2208
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2102184 2131299 2131300
Blocks: 2102155
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Reported: 2022-06-29 12:37 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2023-07-07 08:30 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: vim 8.2.5163
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Description Marian Rehak 2022-06-29 12:37:18 UTC 
A null pointer dereference in function diff_check may lead to a DoS.

Reference:

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cd38bb4d83c942c4bad596835c6766cbf32e5195
https://huntr.dev/bounties/7bfe3d5b-568f-4c34-908f-a39909638cc1
Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2022-06-29 12:37:36 UTC 
Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2102184]
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