It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1639 advisory.

    A flaw was found in vim, which is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read in the msg_outtrans_special     function. This flaw allows a specially crafted file to crash software or execute code when opened in vim.
    (CVE-2022-2257)

    A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Vim's inc() function of misc2.c. This issue occurs     because Vim reads beyond the end of the line with a put command. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a     user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an out-of-bounds read that causes a crash in the     CLI tool. (CVE-2022-2264)

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0. (CVE-2022-2284)

    Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0. (CVE-2022-2285)

    Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0. (CVE-2022-2286)

    Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0. (CVE-2022-2287)

    Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0. (CVE-2022-2288)

    Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0. (CVE-2022-2289)

    A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Vim's spell_dump_compl() function of the     src/spell.c file. This issue occurs because the spell dump goes beyond the end of an array when crafted     input is processed. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file,     triggering an out-of-bounds write that causes an application to crash, possibly executing code and     corrupting memory. (CVE-2022-2304)

    A heap-based buffer overflow was found in Vim in the ins_compl_add function in the insexpand.c file. This     issue occurs due to a read past the end of a buffer when a specially crafted input is processed. This flaw     allows an attacker who can trick a user into opening a specially crafted file into triggering the heap-     based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash, possibly executing code and corrupting memory.
    (CVE-2022-2343)

    A heap-based buffer overflow was found in Vim in the ins_compl_add function in the insexpand.c file. This     issue occurs due to a read past the end of a buffer when a specially crafted input is processed. This flaw     allows an attacker who can trick a user into opening a specially crafted file into triggering the heap-     based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash, possibly executing code and corrupting memory.
    (CVE-2022-2344)

    A use-after-free vulnerability was found in Vim in the skipwhite function in the charset.c file. This     issue occurs because an already freed memory is used when a specially crafted input is processed. This     flaw allows an attacker who can trick a user into opening a specially crafted file into triggering the     use-after-free, and cause the application to crash, possibly executing code and corrupting memory.
    (CVE-2022-2345)

    An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in Vim in the check_vim9_unlet function in the vim9cmds.c     file. This issue occurs because of invalid memory access when compiling the unlet command when a specially     crafted input is processed. This flaw allows an attacker who can trick a user into opening a specially     crafted file into triggering the out-of-bounds read, causing the application to crash, possibly executing     code and corrupting memory. (CVE-2022-2816)

    A use-after-free vulnerability was found in Vim in the string_quote function in the strings.c file. This     issue occurs because an already freed memory is used when a specially crafted input is processed. This     flaw allows an attacker who can trick a user into opening a specially crafted file into triggering the     use-after-free, causing the application to crash, possibly executing code and corrupting memory.
    (CVE-2022-2817)

    A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to illegal memory access and leads to a heap buffer     overflow vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash     or code execution. (CVE-2022-2819)

    Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0322. (CVE-2022-3037)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Amazon Linux AMI : vim (ALAS-2022-1639)

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Version 1.8 Dec 11, 2024, 10:15 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202412112215
Version 1.7 Oct 9, 2023, 5:00 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C". "CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202310091700
Version 1.6 Mar 27, 2023, 6:02 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202303271802
Version 1.5 Mar 10, 2023, 10:21 AM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202303101021
Version 1.4 Dec 15, 2022, 4:16 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202212151616
Version 1.3 Nov 17, 2022, 9:58 PM IAVM reference STIG Severity Plugin Feed: 202211172158
Version 1.2 Oct 21, 2022, 5:42 AM New Plugin Feed: 202210210542