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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2022-1674

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

NULL Pointer Dereference in function "vim_regexec_string" at "regexp.c":2733 in vim versions prior to 8.2.4938. Allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted input.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published