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CVE-2022-0261

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0261 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Vim prior to version 8.2, affecting installations on platforms like Apple and Debian. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) can lead to significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the underlying CWEs (CWE-122, CWE-787) indicate a serious memory corruption issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.4120CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.12.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 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, 0.1 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 (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18803-16820Fixed in: 8.2.4151-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18800-16823Fixed in: 8.2.4233-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 8.2.4151-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 8.2.4151-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 8.2.4233-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.2.4233-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim-2:8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-0261Moderate

vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in block_insert() in src/ops.c

Jan 18, 2022
microsoft2022-Jan/CVE-2022-0261Important

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Jan 11, 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/9f8c304c8a390ade133bac29963dc8e56ab14cbc
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/fa795954-8775-4f23-98c6-d4d4d3fe8a82
ExploitPatchThird 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
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213488
Third Party Advisory