High severity · published May 27, 2022
CVE-2022-1897
Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2
7.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% 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
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35; 36 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 8.0.5023 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1897
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1897
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/338f1fc0ee3ca929387448fe464579d6113fa76a
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/82c12151-c283-40cf-aa05-2e39efa89118
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OZSLFIKFYU5Y2KM5EJKQNYHWRUBDQ4GJ/
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