CVE-2022-1968 is a high-severity Use After Free vulnerability (CWE-416) affecting Vim prior to version 8.2, impacting various Apple and Debian Linux distributions. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts through local access and user interaction. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.2.5050CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 8.2CPE match | 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:H/I:H/A:H
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