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CVE-2022-1733

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1733 is a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim prior to version 8.2.4968, impacting various distributions including Apple macOS and Fedora. With a CVSS score of 7.8, successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring local access and low privileges. Despite its severity, 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
< 8.2.4968CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 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
0.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0061 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18699-16820Fixed in: 8.2.5064-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18700-16823Fixed in: 8.2.5064-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 8.2.5064-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 8.2.5064-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 8.2.5064-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.2.5064-1

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-1733Low

vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in cindent.c

May 17, 2022
microsoft2022-May/CVE-2022-1733Important

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

May 10, 2022

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / vim/vim/commit/60ae0e71490c97f2871a6344aca61cacf220f813
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/6ff03b27-472b-4bef-a2bf-410fae65ff0a
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BFAZTAT5CZC2R6KYDYA2HBAVEDSIX6MW
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUPOLEX5GXC733HL4EFYMHFU7NISJJZG
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QKIX5HYKWXWG6QBCPPTPQ53GNOFHSAIS
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16
support.apple.com / kb/HT213488
Third Party Advisory