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CVE-2022-2264

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2264 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 9.0, including specific Fedora Project distributions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but no prior privileges for exploitation. Despite its potential impact, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.0011CPE 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
1.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0124 is in the 63rd 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 (5)

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: 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

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Jul/CVE-2022-2264Important

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Jul 12, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-2264Low

vim: out of bounds read in inc() at misc2.c

Jul 1, 2022

References

github.com / vim/vim/commit/d25f003342aca9889067f2e839963dfeccf1fe05
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/2241c773-02c9-4708-b63e-54aef99afa6c
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird 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