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CVE-2022-1785

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1785 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 8.2.4977, including Debian distributions. It carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could exploit it with low complexity to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. The vulnerability is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.4977CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 80th 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 (8)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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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: cbl2 vim 8.2.5064-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed 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
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim-2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim-2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: vim-2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-1785Moderate

vim: Out-of-bounds Write

May 19, 2022
microsoft2022-May/CVE-2022-1785Important

Out-of-bounds Write in vim/vim

May 10, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
github.com / vim/vim/commit/e2bd8600b873d2cd1f9d667c28cba8b1dba18839
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/8c969cba-eef2-4943-b44a-4e3089599109
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16