Bug 1197225 – VUL-0: CVE-2022-0943: vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow occurs in vim

Bug 1197225 - (CVE-2022-0943) VUL-0: CVE-2022-0943: vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow occurs in vim

(CVE-2022-0943)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2022-0943: vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow occurs in vim

Status:	NEW

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Major
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Assigned To:	Ondřej Súkup
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/326149/
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Reported:	2022-03-17 12:37 UTC by Gabriele Sonnu
Modified:	2022-03-17 13:15 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Gabriele Sonnu 2022-03-17 12:37:25 UTC

Heap-based Buffer Overflow occurs in vim in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5c68617d395f9d7b824f68475b24ce3e38d653a3

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064064
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2022-0943
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0943
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5c68617d395f9d7b824f68475b24ce3e38d653a3
https://huntr.dev/bounties/9e4de32f-ad5f-4830-b3ae-9467b5ab90a1

Comment 1 Gabriele Sonnu 2022-03-17 12:40:59 UTC

I found the affected code only in Factory, but I was unable to reproduce the bug with the POC [0].
Upstream fix is here: [1]

[0] https://huntr.dev/bounties/9e4de32f-ad5f-4830-b3ae-9467b5ab90a1
[1] https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5c68617d395f9d7b824f68475b24ce3e38d653a3