PT-2022-1738
CVE-2022-0572
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Published
2022-02-13
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Updated
2025-03-30
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.4
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.Exploitability
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