Medium severity · published May 18, 2022
CVE-2022-1771
Uncontrolled Recursion in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4975
5.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Uncontrolled Recursion in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4975.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
Vim · Vim
before 8.2.4975 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1771
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1771
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/51f0bfb88a3554ca2dde777d78a59880d1ee37a8
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/faa74175-5317-4b71-a363-dfc39094ecbb
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
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