CVE-2022-2522: vim Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2522 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in vim. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 25-07-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-10-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0061.

• 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().