USN-5533-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5533-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5533-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5533-1
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Published
2022-07-26T15:22:59.047875Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:34:16.095657Z
Summary
vim vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the corruption of sensitive information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / vim

Package

Name
vim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim@2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12

Affected versions

2:7.*

2:7.4.712-2ubuntu4
2:7.4.826-1ubuntu1
2:7.4.826-1ubuntu2
2:7.4.826-1ubuntu3
2:7.4.963-1ubuntu1
2:7.4.963-1ubuntu4
2:7.4.963-1ubuntu5
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.3
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm2
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm3
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm4
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm5
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm6
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm7
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm8
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm10
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm11

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim-athena"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim-athena-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim-athena-py2"
        },
        {
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            "binary_name": "vim-athena-py2-dbgsym"
        },
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            "binary_name": "vim-common"
        },
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            "binary_name": "vim-common-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
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        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim-doc"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim-gnome"
        },
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            "binary_name": "vim-gnome-dbgsym"
        },
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            "binary_name": "vim-gnome-py2"
        },
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        },
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            "binary_name": "vim-gtk"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim-gtk-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim-gtk-py2"
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            "binary_name": "vim-gtk-py2-dbgsym"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim-gtk3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim-gtk3-dbgsym"
        },
        {
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            "binary_name": "vim-gtk3-py2"
        },
        {
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            "binary_name": "vim-gtk3-py2-dbgsym"
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            "binary_name": "vim-gui-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm12",
            "binary_name": "vim-nox"
        },
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            "binary_name": "vim-nox-dbgsym"
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            "binary_name": "vim-nox-py2"
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            "binary_name": "vim-tiny"
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            "binary_name": "vim-tiny-dbgsym"
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    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}