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CVE-2022-0407

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0407 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 8.2. This flaw, rated 7.8 HIGH, allows an attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts through local access and user interaction. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for significant system compromise warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.4219CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 8.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0116 is in the 61st 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 (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-2022-0407

CVE-2022-0407

Feb 8, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-0407Moderate

vim: heap-based buffer overflow on read in yank_copy_line

Jan 30, 2022
microsoft2022-Jan/CVE-2022-0407Important

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Jan 11, 2022

References

github.com / vim/vim/commit/44db8213d38c39877d2148eff6a72f4beccfb94e
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/81822bf7-aafe-4d37-b836-1255d46e572c
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory