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CVE-2022-2125

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2125 is a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 8.2, impacting various Apple and Fedora distributions of Vim. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high potential for impact, as it can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into opening a malicious file. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability remains a risk for unpatched systems.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.5122CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 11.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0, < 12.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0158 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18684-16820Fixed in: 8.2.5154-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 8.2.5154-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 8.2.5154-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 8.2.5172-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.2.5172-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18682-16823Fixed in: 8.2.5172-1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: vim
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-2125Low

vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in get_lisp_indent()

Jun 19, 2022
microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-2125Important

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Jun 14, 2022

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / vim/vim/commit/0e8e938d497260dd57be67b4966cb27a5f72376f
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/17dab24d-beec-464d-9a72-5b6b11283705
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFD2A4YLBR7OIRHTL7CK6YNMEIQ264CN
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U743FMJGFQ35GBPCQ6OWMVZEJPDFVEWM
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16
support.apple.com / kb/HT213443
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213444
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213488
Third Party Advisory