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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5533-1 Critical: Vim Memory Crash

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A significant vulnerability was detected when accessing a specifically designed document in Vim, necessitating an urgent patch on Ubuntu platforms.
Vim could be made to crash, among other things, if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Vim could be made to crash, among other things, if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details:

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. If a

user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker

could possibly use this issue to cause the corruption of sensitive

information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical arbitrary code execution Ubuntu memory issue vim crash

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5533-1

CVE-2022-2129

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July 26, 2022

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security advisory critical arbitrary code execution Ubuntu memory issue vim crash

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