CVE-2022-1621

Summary

CVECVE-2022-1621
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-05-10 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap 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

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-122

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3011-1] vim security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13 FULLDISC seclists.org
huntr – Security Bounties for any GitHub repository CONFIRM huntr.dev
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.4927-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13 FULLDISC seclists.org
patch 8.2.4919: can add invalid bytes with :spellgood · vim/vim@7c82468 · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3204-1] vim security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159944 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (ELSA-2022-5242)
  • 159960 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (ELSA-2022-5319)
  • 179292 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 3011-1)
  • 181246 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 3204-1)
  • 183529 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2022-1621)
  • 198939 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-5613-1)
  • 240500 Red Hat Update for vim (RHSA-2022:5242)
  • 240518 Red Hat Update for vim (RHSA-2022:5319)
  • 282699 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-8df66cdbef)
  • 296082 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 48.126.1 Missing (CPUJUL2022)
  • 354009 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2022-1829
  • 354033 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-1628
  • 354356 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-116
  • 354497 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-155
  • 354585 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-155
  • 355135 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2023-2023-098
  • 377389 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for vim (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0126)
  • 502241 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 504509 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 671907 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1984)
  • 671935 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2014)
  • 671979 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2173)
  • 671980 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2148)
  • 672048 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2282)
  • 672076 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2237)
  • 672223 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2639)
  • 710607 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32)
  • 710718 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16)
  • 901577 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9712)
  • 901984 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9705)
  • 902119 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9705-1)
  • 902211 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (9712-1)
  • 940608 AlmaLinux Security Update for vim (ALSA-2022:5319)
  • 940624 AlmaLinux Security Update for vim (ALSA-2022:5242)
  • 960460 Rocky Linux Security Update for vim (RLSA-2022:5319)
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report