CVE-2022-2175

Buffer Over-read in vim/vim

Buffer Over-read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Affected

vim · vim/vim

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0 HUNTR

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

1.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 70th percentile

Published

2022-06-23

Updated

2026-10-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://huntr.dev/bounties/7f0481c2-8b57-4324-b47c-795d1ea67e55

Security advisories

• vim/vim/commit/6046aded8da002b08d380db29de2ba0268b6616e
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry