5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2022-1420
GitHub Vim Buffer Heap Buffer Overflow
Description

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4774.

INFO

Published Date :

April 21, 2022, 11:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:41 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-1420 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Vim vim
1 Apple macos
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-1420.

URL Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8b91e71441069b1dde9ac9ff9d9a829b1b4aecca Patch Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/a4323ef8-90ea-4e1c-90e9-c778f0ecf326 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVPZVE2CIE2NGCHZDMEHPBWN3LK2UQAA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X6E457NYOIRWBJHKB7ON44UY5AVTG4HU/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Release Notes Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-1420 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-1420 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference huntr.dev https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X6E457NYOIRWBJHKB7ON44UY5AVTG4HU/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference huntr.dev https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVPZVE2CIE2NGCHZDMEHPBWN3LK2UQAA/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference huntr.dev https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X6E457NYOIRWBJHKB7ON44UY5AVTG4HU/
    Removed Reference huntr.dev https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KVPZVE2CIE2NGCHZDMEHPBWN3LK2UQAA/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Third Party Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 13.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KVPZVE2CIE2NGCHZDMEHPBWN3LK2UQAA/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KVPZVE2CIE2NGCHZDMEHPBWN3LK2UQAA/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 21, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KVPZVE2CIE2NGCHZDMEHPBWN3LK2UQAA/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8b91e71441069b1dde9ac9ff9d9a829b1b4aecca No Types Assigned https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8b91e71441069b1dde9ac9ff9d9a829b1b4aecca Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://huntr.dev/bounties/a4323ef8-90ea-4e1c-90e9-c778f0ecf326 No Types Assigned https://huntr.dev/bounties/a4323ef8-90ea-4e1c-90e9-c778f0ecf326 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X6E457NYOIRWBJHKB7ON44UY5AVTG4HU/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X6E457NYOIRWBJHKB7ON44UY5AVTG4HU/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.2.4774
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X6E457NYOIRWBJHKB7ON44UY5AVTG4HU/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-1420 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-1420 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation CAPEC-129: Pointer Manipulation Pointer Manipulation
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.02%

score

0.43311

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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