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CVE-2022-0685

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0685 is an out-of-range pointer offset vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 8.2.4418, impacting products from Apple, Debian, Fedora, and Vim itself. It carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. This vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.4418CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 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: 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-2022-0685Moderate

vim: Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in vim

Feb 20, 2022
microsoft2022-Feb/CVE-2022-0685Important

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset 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/5921aeb5741fc6e84c870d68c7c35b93ad0c9f87
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/27230da3-9b1a-4d5d-8cdf-4b1e62fcd782
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZLEHVP4LNAGER4ZDGUDS5V5YVQD6INF
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213488
Release NotesThird Party Advisory