CVE-2022-0572

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vim versions prior to 8.2

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the vim text editor. This overflow is caused by the ex retab() function in the indent.c file. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.2, update to version 8.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the ex retab() function until a patch is available.