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CVE-2022-0128

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0128 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Vim on Apple macOS and Mac OS X. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) can be triggered locally with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog, there is no public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.4009CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-003:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18812-16823Fixed in: 8.2.4081-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 8.2.4081-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.2.4081-1

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Jan/CVE-2022-0128Important

Out-of-bounds Read in vim/vim

Jan 11, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-0128Moderate

vim: a heap-based OOB read of size 1

Jan 6, 2022

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/14
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/May/35
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / vim/vim/commit/d3a117814d6acbf0dca3eff1a7626843b9b3734a
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/63f51299-008a-4112-b85b-1e904aadd4ba
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213183
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213256
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213343
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory