CVE-2022-1769 describes a buffer over-read vulnerability in Vim versions prior to 8.2.4974, impacting various distributions including Apple and Fedora. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.2.4974CPE 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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
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