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CVE-2022-1735

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1735 is a classic buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 8.2.4969, including those on Apple macOS. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation requires user interaction and local access, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.4969CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 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
1.27%
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 (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-2022-1735Low

vim: changing text in visual mode may cause invalid memory access that lead to a heap buffer overflow

May 17, 2022
microsoft2022-May/CVE-2022-1735Important

Classic 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/7ce5b2b590256ce53d6af28c1d203fb3bc1d2d97
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/c9f85608-ff11-48e4-933d-53d1759d44d9
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16
support.apple.com / kb/HT213488
Third Party Advisory