vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-1621: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2022-1628)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 10, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 10, 2022
Added
Aug 5, 2022
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
Heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy find_word in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4919. This vulnerability is capable of crashing software, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-vim
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