Bug 2088693 (CVE-2022-1796) - CVE-2022-1796 vim: Use After Free
Summary: CVE-2022-1796 vim: Use After Free
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2022-1796
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 2087598
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-05-20 05:56 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2022-06-09 13:49 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: vim 8.2.4979
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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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Last Closed: 2022-06-07 07:49:39 UTC
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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
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