🛡️ USN-6270-1 — vim

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain

files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted

file, it could cause Vim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2182)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when deleting buffers

in diff mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial

of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

(CVE-2022-2208)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An attacker

could possibly use this issue to cause the corruption of sensitive

information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

(CVE-2022-2210)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when using nested

:source. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2231)

It was discovered that Vim did not properly perform bounds checks when

processing a menu item with the only modifier. An attacker could possibly

use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2257)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain

files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted

file, it could cause Vim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2022-2264, CVE-2022-2284, CVE-2022-2289)

It was discovered that Vim did not properly perform bounds checks when

going over the end of the typahead. An attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2285)

It was discovered that Vim did not properly perform bounds checks when

reading the provided string. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2286)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when adding words

with a control character to the internal spell word list. An attacker could

possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2287)

Affected software

USN-6270-1 is recorded against 1 package.

  • vim (fixed in 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10)

Timeline and source

Published on 3 August 2023 and last revised on 29 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Report)
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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-08-03
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-29
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10

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