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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-1720: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2022-1628)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-1720: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2022-1628)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/20/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/05/2022
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-vim

References

  • ALAS-2022-1628
  • CVE-2022-1720

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