CVE-2021-3903

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

Security Fix(es):

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow(CVE-2021-3903)

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2021-3903)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

• CVE-2021-3872: fix illegal memory access if buffer name is very long
• CVE-2021-3875: fix ml_get error after search with range
• CVE-2021-3903: fix invalid memory access when scrolling without a valid screen

• CVE-2021-3872: fix illegal memory access if buffer name is very long
• CVE-2021-3875: fix ml_get error after search with range
• CVE-2021-3903: fix invalid memory access when scrolling without a valid screen

• SECURITY UPDATE: illegal memory access if buffer name is very long
  • debian/patches/CVE-2021-3872.patch: make sure not to go over the end of the buffer in screen.c
  • CVE-2021-3872
• SECURITY UPDATE: ml_get error after search with range
  • debian/patches/CVE-2021-3875.patch: limit the line number to the buffer line count in ex_docmd.c
  • CVE-2021-3875
• SECURITY UPDATE: invalid memory access when scrolling without a valid screen
  • debian/patches/CVE-2021-3903.patch: do not set VALID_BOTLINE in w_valid in move.c
  • CVE-2021-3903

• CVE-2021-3903: fix invalid memory access when scrolling without valid screen

• CVE-2021-3903: do not set VALID_BOTLINE in w_valid when the screen is not valid, preventing invalid memory access while scrolling.
• CVE-2021-4069: copy the current line before regexec in ex_open() so the match is not using freed memory when searching for a mark flushes it.
• CVE-2022-0351: limit eval7() recursion to 1000 levels to prevent a stack overflow from many nested "(" in an expression.
• CVE-2022-2129: disallow switching buffers in a substitute expression by extending the do_exedit() lock check to cover textlock as well.
• CVE-2022-2183: avoid reading past the NUL terminator in get_lisp_indent().
• CVE-2022-2287: reject words containing control characters or a trailing slash before adding them to the internal spell word list.
• CVE-2022-3234: guard PBYTE against the cursor landing past the NUL in op_replace() with virtualedit, and skip the virtualedit coladd branch when a replacement has already happened.
• CVE-2022-3520: clamp b_op_end.col to zero in do_put() to prevent a negative column with Visual block put.
• CVE-2022-3591: disallow navigating to a dummy buffer in do_buffer() to prevent use-after-free.

• CVE-2021-3903: do not set VALID_BOTLINE in w_valid when the screen is not valid, preventing invalid memory access while scrolling.
• CVE-2021-4069: copy the current line before regexec in ex_open() so the match is not using freed memory when searching for a mark flushes it.
• CVE-2022-0351: limit eval7() recursion to 1000 levels to prevent a stack overflow from many nested "(" in an expression.
• CVE-2022-2129: disallow switching buffers in a substitute expression by extending the do_exedit() lock check to cover textlock as well.
• CVE-2022-2183: avoid reading past the NUL terminator in get_lisp_indent().
• CVE-2022-2287: reject words containing control characters or a trailing slash before adding them to the internal spell word list.
• CVE-2022-3234: guard PBYTE against the cursor landing past the NUL in op_replace() with virtualedit, and skip the virtualedit coladd branch when a replacement has already happened.
• CVE-2022-3520: clamp b_op_end.col to zero in do_put() to prevent a negative column with Visual block put.
• CVE-2022-3591: disallow navigating to a dummy buffer in do_buffer() to prevent use-after-free.

• CVE-2021-3903: do not set VALID_BOTLINE in update_topline() when screen is invalid
• CVE-2022-1616: tighten append_command() loop bound + pre-write length check to avoid buffer overflow with composing chars
• CVE-2022-2042: initialize attr in spell_move_to() and capture empty_line before ml_get_buf() invalidates line
• CVE-2022-2581: in cstrchr() reject illegal byte that would otherwise fold-match a multi-byte char
• CVE-2022-3324: clamp next_curwin_size and w_width to non-negative in win_equal_rec()/win_new_width()
• CVE-2022-0554: skip quickfix buffers when picking a replacement after deleting the current buffer

Multiple Heap-based Buffer Overflows Stack-based Buffer overflows and a use after free.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2021-3903)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2017-17087: Fixed information leak via .swp files (bsc#1070955).
• CVE-2021-3875: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1191770).
• CVE-2021-3903: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1192167).
• CVE-2021-3968: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1192902).
• CVE-2021-3973: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1192903).
• CVE-2021-3974: Fixed use-after-free (bsc#1192904).
• CVE-2021-4069: Fixed use-after-free in ex_open()in src/ex_docmd.c (bsc#1193466).
• CVE-2021-4136: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1193905).
• CVE-2021-4166: Fixed out-of-bounds read (bsc#1194093).
• CVE-2021-4192: Fixed use-after-free (bsc#1194217).
• CVE-2021-4193: Fixed out-of-bounds read (bsc#1194216).
• CVE-2022-0128: Fixed out-of-bounds read (bsc#1194388).
• CVE-2022-0213: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1194885).
• CVE-2022-0261: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1194872).
• CVE-2022-0318: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1195004).
• CVE-2022-0359: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in init_ccline() in ex_getln.c (bsc#1195203).
• CVE-2022-0392: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1195332).
• CVE-2022-0407: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1195354).
• CVE-2022-0696: Fixed NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1196361).
• CVE-2022-1381: Fixed global heap buffer overflow in skip_range (bsc#1198596).
• CVE-2022-1420: Fixed out-of-range pointer offset (bsc#1198748).
• CVE-2022-1616: Fixed use-after-free in append_command (bsc#1199331).
• CVE-2022-1619: Fixed heap-based Buffer Overflow in function cmdline_erase_chars (bsc#1199333).
• CVE-2022-1620: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in function vim_regexec_string (bsc#1199334).
• CVE-2022-1733: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in cindent.c (bsc#1199655).
• CVE-2022-1735: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1199651).
• CVE-2022-1771: Fixed stack exhaustion (bsc#1199693).
• CVE-2022-1785: Fixed out-of-bounds write (bsc#1199745).
• CVE-2022-1796: Fixed use-after-free in find_pattern_in_path (bsc#1199747).
• CVE-2022-1851: Fixed out-of-bounds read (bsc#1199936).
• CVE-2022-1897: Fixed out-of-bounds write (bsc#1200010).
• CVE-2022-1898: Fixed use-after-free (bsc#1200011).
• CVE-2022-1927: Fixed buffer over-read (bsc#1200012).

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

Updated to version 9.0.0814:

• Fixing bsc#1192478 VUL-1: CVE-2021-3928: vim: vim is vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow
• Fixing bsc#1203508 VUL-0: CVE-2022-3234: vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow prior to 9.0.0483.
• Fixing bsc#1203509 VUL-1: CVE-2022-3235: vim: Use After Free in GitHub prior to 9.0.0490.
• Fixing bsc#1203820 VUL-0: CVE-2022-3324: vim: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in prior to 9.0.0598.
• Fixing bsc#1204779 VUL-0: CVE-2022-3705: vim: use after free in function qf_update_buffer of the file quickfix.c
• Fixing bsc#1203152 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2982: vim: use after free in qf_fill_buffer()
• Fixing bsc#1203796 VUL-1: CVE-2022-3296: vim: stack out of bounds read in ex_finally() in ex_eval.c
• Fixing bsc#1203797 VUL-1: CVE-2022-3297: vim: use-after-free in process_next_cpt_value() at insexpand.c
• Fixing bsc#1203110 VUL-1: CVE-2022-3099: vim: Use After Free in ex_docmd.c
• Fixing bsc#1203194 VUL-1: CVE-2022-3134: vim: use after free in do_tag()
• Fixing bsc#1203272 VUL-1: CVE-2022-3153: vim: NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0404.
• Fixing bsc#1203799 VUL-1: CVE-2022-3278: vim: NULL pointer dereference in eval_next_non_blank() in eval.c
• Fixing bsc#1203924 VUL-1: CVE-2022-3352: vim: vim: use after free
• Fixing bsc#1203155 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2980: vim: null pointer dereference in do_mouse()
• Fixing bsc#1202962 VUL-1: CVE-2022-3037: vim: Use After Free in vim prior to 9.0.0321
• Fixing bsc#1200884 Vim: Error on startup
• Fixing bsc#1200902 VUL-0: CVE-2022-2183: vim: Out-of-bounds Read through get_lisp_indent() Mon 13:32
• Fixing bsc#1200903 VUL-0: CVE-2022-2182: vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow through parse_cmd_address() Tue 08:37
• Fixing bsc#1200904 VUL-0: CVE-2022-2175: vim: Buffer Over-read through cmdline_insert_reg() Tue 08:37
• Fixing bsc#1201249 VUL-0: CVE-2022-2304: vim: stack buffer overflow in spell_dump_compl()
• Fixing bsc#1201356 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2343: vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim prior to 9.0.0044
• Fixing bsc#1201359 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2344: vim: Another Heap-based Buffer Overflow vim prior to 9.0.0045
• Fixing bsc#1201363 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2345: vim: Use After Free in GitHub repository vim prior to 9.0.0046.
• Fixing bsc#1201620 vim: SLE-15-SP4-Full-x86_64-GM-Media1 and vim-plugin-tlib-1.27-bp154.2.18.noarch issue
• Fixing bsc#1202414 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2819: vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in compile_lock_unlock()
• Fixing bsc#1202552 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2874: vim: NULL Pointer Dereference in generate_loadvar()
• Fixing bsc#1200270 VUL-1: CVE-2022-1968: vim: use after free in utf_ptr2char
• Fixing bsc#1200697 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2124: vim: out of bounds read in current_quote()
• Fixing bsc#1200698 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2125: vim: out of bounds read in get_lisp_indent()
• Fixing bsc#1200700 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2126: vim: out of bounds read in suggest_trie_walk()
• Fixing bsc#1200701 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2129: vim: out of bounds write in vim_regsub_both()
• Fixing bsc#1200732 VUL-1: CVE-2022-1720: vim: out of bounds read in grab_file_name()
• Fixing bsc#1201132 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2264: vim: out of bounds read in inc()
• Fixing bsc#1201133 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2284: vim: out of bounds read in utfc_ptr2len()
• Fixing bsc#1201134 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2285: vim: negative size passed to memmove() due to integer overflow
• Fixing bsc#1201135 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2286: vim: out of bounds read in ins_bytes()
• Fixing bsc#1201136 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2287: vim: out of bounds read in suggest_trie_walk()
• Fixing bsc#1201150 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2231: vim: null pointer dereference skipwhite()
• Fixing bsc#1201151 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2210: vim: out of bounds read in ml_append_int()
• Fixing bsc#1201152 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2208: vim: null pointer dereference in diff_check()
• Fixing bsc#1201153 VUL-1: CVE-2022-2207: vim: out of bounds read in ins_bs()
• Fixing bsc#1201154 VUL-1:…

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled permissions on the .swp file. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-17087)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled restricted mode. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass restricted mode and execute arbitrary commands. Note: This update only makes executing shell commands more difficult. Restricted mode should not be considered a complete security measure. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-20807)

Brian Carpenter discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possible execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 21.04 and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-3872)

It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possible execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3903)

It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possible execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3927)

It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possible execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3928)