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HistorySep 01, 2022 - 11:00 a.m.

Buffer Overflow

2022-09-0111:00:51
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
12
vim
buffer overflow
heap-based
latin_ptr2len
vulnerability
memory access
out of bound writes
software

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

39.3%

vim is vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow. The vulnerability exists in the latin_ptr2len function in src/mbyte.c due to lack of validation memory access, allowing an attacker to perform arbitrary out of bound writes.