// For flags

CVE-2022-2581

Out-of-bounds Read in vim/vim

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0104.

Una Lectura Fuera de Límites en el repositorio de GitHub vim/vim versiones anteriores a 9.0.0104

It was discovered that Vim uses freed memory in recursive substitution of specially crafted patterns. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim and cause denial of service. It was discovered that Vim makes illegal memory calls when patterns start with an illegal byte. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim, access or modify memory, or execute arbitrary commands. It was discovered that Vim could be made to crash when parsing invalid line numbers. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim and cause denial of service.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-07-29 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-08-01 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-125: Out-of-bounds Read
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vim
Search vendor "Vim"
 Vim
Search vendor "Vim" for product "Vim"
 < 9.0.0104
Search vendor "Vim" for product "Vim" and version " < 9.0.0104"
-
Affected