High severity · published Aug 17, 2022
CVE-2022-2849
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0220.
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)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
vim/vim · vim
before 9.0.0220 · source: vendor
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 9.0.0220 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2849
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2849
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f6d39c31d2177549a986d170e192d8351bd571e2
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/389aeccd-deb9-49ae-9b6a-24c12d79b02e
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
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