High severity · published May 17, 2022
CVE-2022-1769
Buffer Over-read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4974
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer Over-read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4974.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
before 13.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35; 36 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 8.2.4974 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1769
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1769
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4748c4bd64610cf943a431d215bb1aad51f8d0b4
Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/522076b2-96cb-4df6-a504-e6e2f64c171c
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BFAZTAT5CZC2R6KYDYA2HBAVEDSIX6MW/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUPOLEX5GXC733HL4EFYMHFU7NISJJZG/
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