| Name | CVE-2022-2571 |
| Description | Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0101. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vim (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u11 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u7 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u11 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:9.1.0861-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vim | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| vim | source | (unstable) | 2:9.0.0135-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
[buster] - vim <not-affected> (The vulnerable code was introduced later)
https://huntr.dev/bounties/2e5a1dc4-2dfb-4e5f-8c70-e1ede21f3571/
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a6f9e300161f4cb54713da22f65b261595e8e614 (v9.0.0102)
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact