Bug 2103133 (CVE-2022-2257) - CVE-2022-2257 vim: an out-of-bound read in function msg_outtrans_special
Summary: CVE-2022-2257 vim: an out-of-bound read in function msg_outtrans_special
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2022-2257
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2103134 2111515
Blocks: 2103135
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-07-01 14:07 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2022-11-24 07:24 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: vim 9.0.0009
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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.
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Last Closed: 2022-07-28 12:34:23 UTC
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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]


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