USN-5507-1

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    USN-5507-1

    Published: 8 Jul 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: vim vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause the program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1968) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause the corruption of sensitive information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1942)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5507-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1897, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1942, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1968

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vim

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm10

    Affected versions

    2:7.4.712-2ubuntu4
    2:7.4.826-1ubuntu1
    2:7.4.826-1ubuntu2
    2:7.4.826-1ubuntu3
    2:7.4.963-1ubuntu1
    2:7.4.963-1ubuntu4
    2:7.4.963-1ubuntu5
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.3
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm2
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm3
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm4
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm5
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm6
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm7
    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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