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CVE-2022-1769

20
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-2022-1769Low

vim: buffer over-read in scriptfile.c

May 17, 2022
microsoft2022-May/CVE-2022-1769Important

Buffer Over-read in vim/vim

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/4748c4bd64610cf943a431d215bb1aad51f8d0b4
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/522076b2-96cb-4df6-a504-e6e2f64c171c
Third 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
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213488
Third Party Advisory