CVE-2022-1927 Buffer Over-read in vim/vim
A buffer over-read in Vim allows attackers to cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive memory contents via crafted input.
- 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-2022-1927?
CVE-2022-1927 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 29 May 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
Buffer Over-read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1927?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apple Macos, Fedoraproject Fedora, Vim Vim.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1927?
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-2022-1927 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1927 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1927, GHSA-w5f5-53hc-vvmx, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1927.