CVE-2022-2819
Public on 2022-08-15
Modified on 2025-04-16
Description
A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to illegal memory access and leads to a heap buffer overflow vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution.
CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | vim | 2022-10-21 | ALAS-2022-1639 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | vim | 2022-10-21 | ALAS2-2022-1868 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim | 2023-03-22 | ALAS2023-2023-098 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |