Vulnerability CVE-2022-1720
Published: 2022-06-20

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.

Type:

CWE-125

 (Out-of-bounds Read)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
VIM -> VIM 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/395bd1f6d3edc9f7edb5d1f2d7deaf5a9e3ab93c
https://huntr.dev/bounties/5ccfb386-7eb9-46e5-98e5-243ea4b358a8
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00014.html
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