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CVE-2022-2257

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2257 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Vim prior to version 9.0, specifically impacting Fedora and Vim distributions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) but could lead to 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, indicating a low immediate threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.0009CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 9.0CPE 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
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 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 (10)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18660-16820Fixed in: 9.0.0050-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18661-16823Fixed in: 9.0.0050-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 9.0.0050-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 9.0.0050-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 9.0.0050-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 9.0.0050-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 9.0.0050-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 9.0.0050-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 9.0.0050-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 9.0.0050-2
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: vim

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2022-Jul/CVE-2022-2257

CVE-2022-2257

Jul 12, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-2257Low

vim: an out-of-bound read in function msg_outtrans_special

Jun 30, 2022
microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-2257Important

Out-of-bounds Read in vim/vim

Jun 14, 2022

References

github.com / vim/vim/commit/083692d598139228e101b8c521aaef7bcf256e9a
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/ca581f80-03ba-472a-b820-78f7fd05fe89
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/43Y3VJPOTTY3NTREDIFUPITM2POG4ZLP
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXPO5EHDV6J4B27E65DOQGZFELUFPRSK
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-32
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16