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vim: heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy

🗓️ 01 Jul 2022 00:06:08Reported by RedHatType 
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Vim on Unix has a heap overflow in vim_strncpy find_word that can crash and allow remote execution.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0aarch64vim-common2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2vim-common-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0ppc64levim-common2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2vim-common-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0s390xvim-common2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2vim-common-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0x86_64vim-common2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2vim-common-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0aarch64vim-common-debuginfo2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0ppc64levim-common-debuginfo2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0s390xvim-common-debuginfo2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0x86_64vim-common-debuginfo2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0aarch64vim-debuginfo2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.0ppc64levim-debuginfo2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2.ppc64le.rpm
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CVSS 26.8
CVSS 3.17.8
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EPSS0.02303
CWE-787
vimheap overflowvim_strncpyfind_wordremote executionunix
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