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CVE-2022-0393

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0393 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Vim prior to version 8.2, specifically impacting Fedora and Vim distributions. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability could lead to high confidentiality and availability impacts, requiring user interaction and local access for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any public exploits or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.4233CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 8.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0139 is in the 68th 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 (9)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18799-16820Fixed in: 8.2.4281-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18800-16823Fixed in: 8.2.4233-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 8.2.4281-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 8.2.4281-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 8.2.4233-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 8.2.4233-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 8.2.4281-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 8.2.4281-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 8.2.4233-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.2.4233-1

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2022-Feb/CVE-2022-0393

CVE-2022-0393

Feb 8, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-0393Moderate

vim: out-of-bounds read in delete_buff_tail() in getchar.c

Jan 25, 2022
microsoft2022-Jan/CVE-2022-0393Important

Out-of-bounds Read in vim/vim

Jan 11, 2022

References

github.com / vim/vim/commit/a4bc2dd7cccf5a4a9f78b58b6f35a45d17164323
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/ecc8f488-01a0-477f-848f-e30b8e524bba
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZLEHVP4LNAGER4ZDGUDS5V5YVQD6INF
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFXFAILMLUIK4MBUEZO4HNBNKYZRJ5AP
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory