CVE-2022-0319 Out-of-bounds Read in vim/vim

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Vim allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via crafted files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-0319?

CVE-2022-0319 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 21 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Out-of-bounds Read in vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0319?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Apple Macos, Debian Debian Linux, Vim Vim.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0319?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-0319 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0319 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0319, GHSA-6rhq-w4qm-ccpf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0319.

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