CVE-2022-4141
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 39 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Heap based buffer overflow in vim/vim 9.0.0946 and below by allowing an attacker to CTRL-W gf in the expression used in the RHS of the substitute command.
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affected products (19)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-2177vim: Schwachstelle ermöglicht nicht spezifizierten AngriffDeutsch2022-11-27csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in vim ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-0794Dell ECS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell ECS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
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references (24)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-4141/cnnvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cc762a48d42b579fb7bdec2c614636b830342dd5cnnvd
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/20ece512-c600-45ac-8a84-d0931e05541fcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00015.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AZ3JMSUCR6Y7626RDWQ2HNSUFIQOJ33G/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V6ZNKVN4GICORTVFKVCM4MSOXCYWNHUC/cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16cnnvd
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