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CVE-2022-0351

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0351 describes a memory access vulnerability (CWE-119, CWE-786) in Vim versions prior to 8.2, where an attacker could access memory before the start of a buffer. This flaw affects various distributions of Vim on Apple macOS and Debian Linux. It carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.4HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0061 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: vim

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-0351Low

vim: access of memory location before start of buffer

Jan 23, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / vim/vim/commit/fe6fb267e6ee5c5da2f41889e4e0e0ac5bf4b89d
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/8b36db58-b65c-4298-be7f-40b9e37fd161
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213444
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213488
Vendor Advisory