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CVE-2022-1621

HIGH
Published 2022-05-09T00:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
7.3
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.260
Higher than 26.0% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

Heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy find_word in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4919. This vulnerability is capable of crashing software, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

vim

vim/vim

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-xf6c-p6v2-q436

Advisory Details

Heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy find_word in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4919. This vulnerability is capable of crashing software, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1621
WEB https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7c824682d2028432ee082703ef0ab399867a089b
WEB https://huntr.dev/bounties/520ce714-bfd2-4646-9458-f52cd22bb2fb
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00022.html
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HIP7KG7TVS5YF3QREAY2GOGUT3YUBZAI
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
WEB https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
WEB http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
WEB http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 11, 2022, Modified: May 17, 2022

References

https://huntr.dev/bounties/520ce714-bfd2-4646-9458-f52cd22bb2fb
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7c824682d2028432ee082703ef0ab399867a089b
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00022.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIP7KG7TVS5YF3QREAY2GOGUT3YUBZAI/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
Published: 2022-05-09T00:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-03T00:10:03.947Z
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