Ubuntu Security Update USN-5801-1: Vim vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that Vim makes illegal memory calls when pasting brackets in Ex mode. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim, access or modify memory, or execute arbitrary commands. This issue affected only Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 (CVE-2022-0392) It was discovered that Vim makes illegal memory calls when making certain retab calls. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim, access or modify memory, or execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-0417)

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