CVE-2022-1160: fedoraproject fedora Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-1160 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 30-03-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 02-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

heap buffer overflow in get_one_sourceline in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4647.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.