{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-04-23T00:59:24+00:00","cve":"CVE-2022-1720","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2022-1720","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2022-1720.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1720","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1720"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2022-1720","description":"Buffer Over-read in function grab_file_name in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4956. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"security@huntr.dev","published_at":"2022-06-20 15:15:00","updated_at":"2023-11-07 03:42:00"},"problem_types":["CWE-126"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45","name":"20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-9 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-3 macOS Big Sur 11.7","refsource":"FULLDISC","tags":[],"title":"Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-9 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-3 macOS Big Sur 11.7","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443","name":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":[],"title":"About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.7 - Apple Support","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444","name":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":[],"title":"About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6 - Apple Support","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41","name":"20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13","refsource":"FULLDISC","tags":[],"title":"Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html","name":"[debian-lts-announce] 20221108 [SECURITY] [DLA 3182-1] vim security update","refsource":"MLIST","tags":[],"title":"[SECURITY] [DLA 3182-1] vim security update","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32","name":"GLSA-202208-32","refsource":"GENTOO","tags":[],"title":"Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFD2A4YLBR7OIRHTL7CK6YNMEIQ264CN/","name":"FEDORA-2022-719f3ec21b","refsource":"FEDORA","tags":[],"title":"[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-8.2.5172-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488","name":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":[],"title":"About the security content of macOS Ventura 13 - Apple Support","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16","name":"GLSA-202305-16","refsource":"GENTOO","tags":[],"title":"Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16) — Gentoo security","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U743FMJGFQ35GBPCQ6OWMVZEJPDFVEWM/","name":"FEDORA-2022-bb7f3cacbf","refsource":"FEDORA","tags":[],"title":"[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.5172-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U743FMJGFQ35GBPCQ6OWMVZEJPDFVEWM/","name":"FEDORA-2022-bb7f3cacbf","refsource":"","tags":[],"title":"[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.5172-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/395bd1f6d3edc9f7edb5d1f2d7deaf5a9e3ab93c","name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/395bd1f6d3edc9f7edb5d1f2d7deaf5a9e3ab93c","refsource":"MISC","tags":[],"title":"patch 8.2.4956: reading past end of line with \"gf\" in Visual block mode · vim/vim@395bd1f · GitHub","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43","name":"20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-7 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-4 macOS Monterey 12.6","refsource":"FULLDISC","tags":[],"title":"Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-7 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-4 macOS Monterey 12.6","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28","name":"20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13","refsource":"FULLDISC","tags":[],"title":"Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00014.html","name":"[debian-lts-announce] 20220620 [SECURITY] [DLA 3053-1] vim security update","refsource":"MLIST","tags":[],"title":"[SECURITY] [DLA 3053-1] vim security update","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFD2A4YLBR7OIRHTL7CK6YNMEIQ264CN/","name":"FEDORA-2022-719f3ec21b","refsource":"","tags":[],"title":"[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-8.2.5172-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://huntr.dev/bounties/5ccfb386-7eb9-46e5-98e5-243ea4b358a8","name":"https://huntr.dev/bounties/5ccfb386-7eb9-46e5-98e5-243ea4b358a8","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":[],"title":"Buffer Over-read in function grab_file_name  vulnerability found in vim","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1720","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1720","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2022","cve_id":"1720","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"apple","cpe5":"macos","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2022","cve_id":"1720","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"debian","cpe5":"debian_linux","cpe6":"10.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2022","cve_id":"1720","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"debian","cpe5":"debian_linux","cpe6":"9.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2022","cve_id":"1720","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"fedoraproject","cpe5":"fedora","cpe6":"35","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2022","cve_id":"1720","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"fedoraproject","cpe5":"fedora","cpe6":"36","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2022","cve_id":"1720","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"vim","cpe5":"vim","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"179379","title":"Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 3053-1)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"181198","title":"Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 3182-1)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"183012","title":"Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2022-1720)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"199271","title":"Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-5995-1)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"282876","title":"Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-719f3ec21b)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"282892","title":"Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-bb7f3cacbf)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"354009","title":"Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2022-1829"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"354033","title":"Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-1628"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"354356","title":"Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-116"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"354497","title":"Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-155"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"354585","title":"Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-155"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"355135","title":"Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2023-2023-098"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"672056","title":"EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2263)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"672072","title":"EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2250)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"672105","title":"EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2307)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"672124","title":"EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2336)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"672191","title":"EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2483)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"710607","title":"Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"710718","title":"Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"752573","title":"SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:3229-1)"},{"cve":"CVE-2022-1720","qid":"753066","title":"SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1)"}]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"security@huntr.dev","ID":"CVE-2022-1720","STATE":"PUBLIC","TITLE":"Buffer Over-read in function grab_file_name in vim/vim"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"vim/vim","version":{"version_data":[{"version_affected":"<","version_value":"8.2.4956"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"vim"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Buffer Over-read in function grab_file_name in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4956. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution."}]},"impact":{"cvss":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":6.6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H","version":"3.0"}},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"CWE-126 Buffer Over-read"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"https://huntr.dev/bounties/5ccfb386-7eb9-46e5-98e5-243ea4b358a8","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://huntr.dev/bounties/5ccfb386-7eb9-46e5-98e5-243ea4b358a8"},{"name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/395bd1f6d3edc9f7edb5d1f2d7deaf5a9e3ab93c","refsource":"MISC","url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/395bd1f6d3edc9f7edb5d1f2d7deaf5a9e3ab93c"},{"refsource":"MLIST","name":"[debian-lts-announce] 20220620 [SECURITY] [DLA 3053-1] vim security update","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00014.html"},{"refsource":"FEDORA","name":"FEDORA-2022-719f3ec21b","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFD2A4YLBR7OIRHTL7CK6YNMEIQ264CN/"},{"refsource":"FEDORA","name":"FEDORA-2022-bb7f3cacbf","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U743FMJGFQ35GBPCQ6OWMVZEJPDFVEWM/"},{"refsource":"GENTOO","name":"GLSA-202208-32","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32"},{"refsource":"CONFIRM","name":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443","url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443"},{"refsource":"CONFIRM","name":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444","url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444"},{"refsource":"CONFIRM","name":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488","url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488"},{"refsource":"FULLDISC","name":"20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41"},{"refsource":"FULLDISC","name":"20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28"},{"refsource":"FULLDISC","name":"20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-7 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-4 macOS Monterey 12.6","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43"},{"refsource":"FULLDISC","name":"20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-9 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-3 macOS Big Sur 11.7","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45"},{"refsource":"MLIST","name":"[debian-lts-announce] 20221108 [SECURITY] [DLA 3182-1] vim security update","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html"},{"refsource":"GENTOO","name":"GLSA-202305-16","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16"}]},"source":{"advisory":"5ccfb386-7eb9-46e5-98e5-243ea4b358a8","discovery":"EXTERNAL"}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2022-06-20 15:15:00","lastModifiedDate":"2023-11-07 03:42:00","problem_types":["CWE-126"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":1.8,"impactScore":5.9},"baseMetricV2":{"cvssV2":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL","baseScore":6.8},"severity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":8.6,"impactScore":6.4,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":true}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"8.2.4956","cpe_name":[]}]},{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]}]},{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]}]},{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"11.7","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"12.0","versionEndExcluding":"12.6","cpe_name":[]}]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":null,"notes":[]}}}