CWE
369
Advisory Published

USN-6557-1: Vim vulnerabilities

First published: Thu Dec 14 2023(Updated: )

It was discovered that Vim could be made to dereference invalid memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1725) It was discovered that Vim could be made to recurse infinitely. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1771) It was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds with a put command. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1886) It was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-2000) It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory in the spell command. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2042) It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-46246, CVE-2023-48231) It was discovered that Vim could be made to divide by zero. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04 and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-48232) It was discovered that Vim contained multiple arithmetic overflows. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-48233, CVE-2023-48234, CVE-2023-48235, CVE-2023-48236, CVE-2023-48237) It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory in the substitute command. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-48706)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.10
All of
ubuntu/vim-athena<2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.10
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk3<2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.10
All of
ubuntu/vim-nox<2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.10
All of
ubuntu/vim-tiny<2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.10
All of
ubuntu/xxd<2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.10
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-athena<2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk3<2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-nox<2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-tiny<2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.04
All of
ubuntu/xxd<2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.04
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-athena<2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk<2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk3<2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-nox<2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-tiny<2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/xxd<2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-athena<2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk<2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk3<2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-nox<2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-tiny<2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/xxd<2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-athena<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk3<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-nox<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-tiny<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/xxd<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-athena<2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk<2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk3<2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-nox<2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-tiny<2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-athena<2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gtk<2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-nox<2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-tiny<2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04

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