Out-of-bounds Read in vim/vim

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-2287
StatePUBLISHED
Assigner@huntrdev
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-07-02 22:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 21:17:47 UTC
DescriptionOut-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.1 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.013950000 probability, percentile 0.716230000 (date 2026-10-10)

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-125 CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
3.0[email protected]Secondary8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
3.0CNADECLARED8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Vim Vim/vim affected unspecified 9.0 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-9.0.049-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
huntr – Security Bounties for any GitHub repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 huntr.dev Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-9.0.049-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
patch 9.0.0021: invalid memory access when adding word to spell word … · vim/vim@5e59ea5 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-9.0.049-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-9.0.049-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183726 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2022-2287)
  • 199634 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-6270-1)
  • 282933 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-b06fbea2c7)
  • 282957 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-9d7a58e376)
  • 354085 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-1639
  • 354087 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2022-1868
  • 354478 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-131
  • 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
  • 502803 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 672105 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2307)
  • 672124 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2336)
  • 672146 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2451)
  • 672152 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2436)
  • 672157 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2423)
  • 672191 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2483)
  • 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)
  • 752573 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:3229-1)
  • 753066 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1)
  • 902421 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (10037)
  • 902432 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (10017)
  • 902629 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (10017-1)
  • 902703 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (10037-1)

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