CVE-2022-2125
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.
Un Desbordamiento de Búfer en la Región Heap de la Memoria en el repositorio de GitHub vim/vim versiones anteriores a 8.2
It was discovered that Vim could be made to crash when searching specially crafted patterns. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim and cause denial of service. It was discovered that there existed a NULL pointer dereference in Vim. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim and cause denial of service. It was discovered that there existed a buffer over-read in Vim when searching specially crafted patterns. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim and cause denial of service.
*Credits:
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Timeline
- 2022-06-18 CVE Reserved
- 2022-06-19 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-03 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
References (13)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 | Mailing List |
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| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 | Mailing List |
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| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43 | Mailing List |
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| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45 | Mailing List |
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| https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://huntr.dev/bounties/17dab24d-beec-464d-9a72-5b6b11283705 | 2024-08-03 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0e8e938d497260dd57be67b4966cb27a5f72376f | 2023-11-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Vim Search vendor "Vim" | Vim Search vendor "Vim" for product "Vim" | < 8.2.5122 Search vendor "Vim" for product "Vim" and version " < 8.2.5122" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 36 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "36" | - |
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| Apple Search vendor "Apple" | Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" | < 11.7 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " < 11.7" | - |
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| Apple Search vendor "Apple" | Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" | >= 12.0 < 12.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " >= 12.0 < 12.6" | - |
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