{"id":"USN-5433-1","summary":"vim vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled parsing of filenames in its\nsearch functionality. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted\nfile, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2021-3973)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and\nsearching the contents of certain files. If a user were tricked into opening\na specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to\na denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges.\n(CVE-2021-3974)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and editing\ncertain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file,\nan attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or\npossibly achieve code execution with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3984,\nCVE-2021-4019, CVE-2021-4069)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim was using freed memory when dealing with regular\nexpressions inside a visual selection. If a user were tricked into opening a\nspecially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a\ndenial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges.\n(CVE-2021-4192)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim was incorrectly performing read and write\noperations when in visual block mode, going beyond the end of a line and\ncausing a heap buffer overflow. If a user were tricked into opening a\nspecially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a\ndenial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges.\n(CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0318)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim was using freed memory when dealing with regular\nexpressions through its old regular expression engine. If a user were tricked\ninto opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application,\nleading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user\nprivileges. (CVE-2022-1154)\n","modified":"2026-06-25T13:31:11.735914829Z","published":"2022-05-23T11:39:44Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3973","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3974","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3984","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4019","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4069","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4192","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0261","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0318","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1154"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-3973","CVE-2021-3974","CVE-2021-3984","CVE-2021-4019","CVE-2021-4069","CVE-2021-4192","CVE-2022-0261","CVE-2022-0318","CVE-2022-1154","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3973","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3974","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3984","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4019","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4069","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4192","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0261","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0318","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1154"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5433-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3973"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3974"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3984"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-4019"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-4069"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-4192"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0261"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0318"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1154"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vim","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm4"}]}],"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available 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