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CVE-2022-2129

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2129 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 8.2, impacting various distributions including Debian and Fedora. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is locally exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into interacting with a malicious file. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.5126CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 8.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 67th 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: 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: 18684-16820Fixed in: 8.2.5154-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18682-16823Fixed in: 8.2.5172-1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: vim

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-2129Low

vim: out of bounds write in vim_regsub_both()

Jun 19, 2022
microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-2129Important

Out-of-bounds Write in vim/vim

Jun 14, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
github.com / vim/vim/commit/d6211a52ab9f53b82f884561ed43d2fe4d24ff7d
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/3aaf06e7-9ae1-454d-b8ca-8709c98e5352
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
Mailing ListThird 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