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CVE-2022-2522

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2522 is a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 9.0.0061. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.8, could allow an attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts through local access and user interaction. Currently, there is 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
< 9.0.0061CPE matchmatch criteria
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
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 43rd 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 9.0.0181-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 9.0.0181-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 9.0.0325-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 9.0.0325-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18634-16823Fixed in: 9.0.0325-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18651-16820Fixed in: 9.0.0181-1
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-2022-2522Low

vim: heap-based buffer overflow in ins_compl_infercase_gettext() at src/insexpand.c

Jul 25, 2022
microsoft2022-Jul/CVE-2022-2522Important

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Jul 12, 2022

References

github.com / vim/vim/commit/5fa9f23a63651a8abdb074b4fc2ec9b1adc6b089
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / vim/vim/commit/b9e717367c395490149495cf375911b5d9de889e
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/3a2d83af-9542-4d93-8784-98b115135a22
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/3a2d83af-9542-4d93-8784-98b115135a22
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16