CVE-2022-1619

A flaw was found in vim, which is vulnerable to a heap-buffer-overflow in cmdline_erase_chars of the ex_getln.c function. This flaw allows a specially crafted file to crash software, modify memory or execute code when opened in vim.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a Low security impact, because the "victim" has to run an untrusted file IN SCRIPT MODE. Someone who is running untrusted files in script mode is equivalent to someone just taking a random python script and running it.

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