Vulnerability · Published Jan 21, 2022 · Assigned by @huntrdev

CVE-2022-0318Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Medium 6.6

In plain English

A medium-severity heap buffer overflow 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 2.0% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 18.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8vim-X112:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12ALSA-2022:0894
AlmaLinux:8vim-X112:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.13ALSA-2022:0894
AlmaLinux:8vim-common2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12ALSA-2022:0894
AlmaLinux:8vim-common2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.13ALSA-2022:0894
AlmaLinux:8vim-enhanced2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.13ALSA-2022:0894
AlmaLinux:8vim-enhanced2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12ALSA-2022:0894
AlmaLinux:8vim-filesystem2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12ALSA-2022:0894
AlmaLinux:8vim-filesystem2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.13ALSA-2022:0894
AlmaLinux:8vim-minimal2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.13ALSA-2022:0894
Debian:12vim2:8.2.4659-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0318
Debian:13vim2:8.2.4659-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0318
Debian:14vim2:8.2.4659-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0318
Rocky Linux:8vim2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12RLSA-2022:0894
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.7USN-6026-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.7UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0318

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
vim vim/vim unspecified – before 8.2

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References