CVE-2022-1771 describes an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in Vim, specifically affecting versions prior to 8.2.4975. This flaw could lead to a denial-of-service condition due to excessive resource consumption. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but has a high impact on availability (A:H). The attack complexity is low (AC:L). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.2.4975CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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