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CVE-2022-0696

Publication date 21 February 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4428.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9
21.10 impish Ignored
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

ccdm94

the line presented as the one containing the instruction that triggers the error in the bug report stack trace was introduced by commit a1198124370a (>= 8.2.3629). Eventhough the code for focal and impish is very similar to the vulnerable one, the reproducer does not work for impish and earlier, further indicating that the previously mentioned commit might have been the one to introduce the issue.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H