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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-3705: Important priority package update for vim

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 26, 2022
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 4, 2025

Description

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.
A use-after-free flaw was found in the qf_update_buffer function in vim. This issue allows a specially crafted file to crash a program, use unexpected values, or execute code.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-commonamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-common-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-dataamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-default-editoramazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-enhancedamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-enhanced-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-filesystemamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-minimalamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-minimal-debuginfo
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