UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1620

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1620

    Published: 8 May 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-1620

    Summary:

    Details: NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4901. NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1620, https://huntr.dev/bounties/7a4c59f3-fcc0-4496-995d-5ca6acd2da51, https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8e4b76da1d7e987d43ca960dfbc372d1c617466f, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5460-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5613-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1620, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5613-2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vim

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim@2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm5?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm5

    Affected versions

    2:7.4.000-1ubuntu2
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu1
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu2
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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