A vulnerability was found in vim and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function qf_update_buffer of the file quickfix.c of the component autocmd Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 9.0.0805 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is d0fab10ed2a86698937e3c3fed2f10bd9bb5e731. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-212324.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade vim | Mar 26, 2024 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-debuginfoUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-dataUpgrade vim-X11 | Dec 7, 2022 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade vim | Jan 25, 2023 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade vim-dataUpgrade vim-enhanced-debuginfoUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-debuginfoUpgrade vim-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-debugsourceUpgrade vim-default-editorUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-common-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Vim | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Jan 25, 2023 | Jan 23, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade vim | Nov 10, 2022 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-editors/vim.Upgrade app-editors/gvim.Upgrade app-editors/vim-core. | May 4, 2023 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-minimal | Feb 13, 2023 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-common | Jan 6, 2023 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-filesystem | Mar 9, 2023 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-filesystem | Feb 9, 2023 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-common | Jan 9, 2023 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade vim-data-commonUpgrade vim-smallUpgrade gvimUpgrade vimUpgrade vim-data | Nov 30, 2022 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gtk3Upgrade vim-gtkUpgrade vim-nox (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-tinyUpgrade vim-gnome (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vimUpgrade xxd (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gtk (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xxdUpgrade vim-tiny (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-athenaUpgrade vim-athena (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-nox | Oct 10, 2023 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Oct 26, 2022 |
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