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High 7.8Published Jul 25, 2022
CVE-2022-2522Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
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Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0061.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.0, CNA)CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-122
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- @huntrdev
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
vim vim/vim vim:vim (from the name) | from unspecified before 9.0.0061 | CNA record |
vim vim vim:vim | before 9.0.0061 | NVD |
References
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a2d83af-9542-4d93-8784-98b115135a22
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5fa9f23a63651a8abdb074b4fc2ec9b1adc6b089
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b9e717367c395490149495cf375911b5d9de889e
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a2d83af-9542-4d93-8784-98b115135a22/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16vendor-advisory
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