CVE-2022-1720

Publication date 20 June 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Buffer Over-read in function grab_file_name in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4956. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored changes too intrusive
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [changes too intrusive]

Notes

eslerm

patch breaks tilde test on xenial

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H