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CVE-2022-1629

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1629 is a buffer over-read vulnerability in the find_next_quote function of Vim prior to version 8.2.4925, affecting various Vim installations on Apple macOS and Fedora. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk of software crashes, memory modification, and potential remote code execution, requiring user interaction for exploitation. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.4925CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.6MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 76th 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 (8)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18699-16820Fixed in: 8.2.5064-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18706-16823Fixed in: 8.2.4925-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 8.2.4925-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.2.4925-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 8.2.5064-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 8.2.5064-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim-2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim-2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: vim-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-May/CVE-2022-1629Important

Buffer Over-read in function find_next_quote in vim/vim

May 10, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-1629Moderate

vim: buffer over-read in function find_next_quote

May 10, 2022

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / vim/vim/commit/53a70289c2712808e6d4e88927e03cac01b470dd
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/e26d08d4-1886-41f0-9af4-f3e1bf3d52ee
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIP7KG7TVS5YF3QREAY2GOGUT3YUBZAI
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213488
Third Party Advisory