CVE-2022-1420 Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in vim/vim
An out-of-range pointer offset in Vim allows attackers to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to code execution or crashes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-1420?
CVE-2022-1420 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 21 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4774.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1420?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apple Macos, Fedoraproject Fedora, Vim Vim.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1420?
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-2022-1420 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1420 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos
Sources
Also known as AZL-9531, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1420, GHSA-wv39-mwwx-972q, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1420.