Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2022 · Assigned by @huntrdev

CVE-2022-1771Uncontrolled Recursion in vim/vim

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in vim/vim from vim. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Uncontrolled Recursion in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4975.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12vim2:9.0.0135-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1771
Debian:13vim2:9.0.0135-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1771
Debian:14vim2:9.0.0135-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1771
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15USN-6557-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1771

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
vim vim/vim unspecified – before 8.2.4975

Weakness: CWE-674 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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