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CVE-2022-0629

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0629 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 8.2, impacting products like Apple, Debian, Fedora, and Vim itself. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.4397CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 75th 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 (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18758-16823Fixed in: 8.2.4743-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 8.2.4743-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.2.4743-1

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-0629Moderate

vim: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in vim prior to 8.2.

Feb 17, 2022
microsoft2022-Feb/CVE-2022-0629Important

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Feb 8, 2022

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
Mailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / vim/vim/commit/34f8117dec685ace52cd9e578e2729db278163fc
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/95e2b0da-e480-4ee8-9324-a93a2ab0a877
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
Third 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/UURGABNDL77YR5FRQKTFBYNBDQX2KO7Q
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213488
Release NotesThird Party Advisory