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CVE-2022-1160

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1160 is a high-severity heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-122, CWE-787) affecting Vim versions prior to 8.2.4647, including specific Fedora Project distributions. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it can be exploited locally with user interaction, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.4647CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 64th 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: 18741-16820Fixed in: 8.2.4763-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18758-16823Fixed in: 8.2.4743-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 8.2.4763-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 8.2.4763-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 8.2.4743-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.2.4743-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 8.2.4763-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 8.2.4763-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 8.2.4743-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 8.2.4743-1

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2022-Apr/CVE-2022-1160

CVE-2022-1160

Apr 12, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-1160Moderate

vim: heap buffer overflow in get_one_sourceline

Mar 28, 2022
microsoft2022-Mar/CVE-2022-1160Important

heap buffer overflow in get_one_sourceline in vim/vim

Mar 8, 2022

References

github.com / vim/vim/commit/2bdad6126778f907c0b98002bfebf0e611a3f5db
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/a6f3222d-2472-439d-8881-111138a5694c
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C2CQXRLBIC4S7JQVEIN5QXKQPYWB5E3J
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RAIQTUO35U5WO2NYMY47637EMCVDJRSL
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16