CVE-2022-37173 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the installer of gVim 9.0.0000 on Microsoft Windows, allowing authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability stems from a binary hijacking flaw involving C:\Program.exe, with a CVSS score of 7.8. Exploitation requires local access but is low complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0.0000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vim:gvim:9.0.0000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.