vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-4141: Important priority package update for vim
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 25, 2022 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 4, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 25, 2022
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 4, 2025
Description
Heap based buffer overflow in vim/vim 9.0.0946 and below by allowing an attacker to CTRL-W gf in the expression used in the RHS of the substitute command.
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Vim due to invalid memory access. This issue could allow an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an out-of-bounds write that causes an application to crash, possibly executing code and corrupting memory.
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Vim due to invalid memory access. This issue could allow an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an out-of-bounds write that causes an application to crash, possibly executing code and corrupting memory.
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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