Medium severity · published Jan 10, 2022
CVE-2022-0156
vim is vulnerable to Use After Free
5.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
before 12.3; 11.0 before 11.6.8 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 8.2.4040 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0156
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0156
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/13
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9f1a39a5d1cd7989ada2d1cb32f97d84360e050f
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/47dded34-3767-4725-8c7c-9dcb68c70b36
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3FH2J57GDA2WMBS6J56F6QQRA6BXQQFZ/
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