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CVE-2022-2207

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2207 is a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim prior to version 8.2, specifically impacting Fedora Project distributions of Vim. With a CVSS score of 7.8, successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.2.5162CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 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
1.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 68th 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 (11)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 8.2.5172-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.2.5172-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 8.2.5172-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 8.2.5172-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 8.2.5172-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18681-16820Fixed in: 8.2.5172-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18682-16823Fixed in: 8.2.5172-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 8.2.5172-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 8.2.5172-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed 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 (3)

microsoft2022-Jul/CVE-2022-2207

CVE-2022-2207

Jul 12, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-2207Low

vim: heap-based buffer overflow in function ins_bs

Jun 27, 2022
microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-2207Important

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Jun 14, 2022

References

github.com / vim/vim/commit/0971c7a4e537ea120a6bb2195960be8d0815e97b
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/05bc6051-4dc3-483b-ae56-cf23346b97b9
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