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CVE-2022-2819

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2819 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Vim versions prior to 9.0.0211, affecting various Fedora and Vim products. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) can be exploited locally with low 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, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.0211CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0055 is in the 42nd 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 9.0.0360-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 9.0.0360-1
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: 18627-16820Fixed in: 9.0.0360-1
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-2022-2819Low

vim: heap buffer overflow in compile_lock_unlock() at src/vim9cmds.c

Aug 15, 2022
microsoft2022-Aug/CVE-2022-2819Important

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Aug 9, 2022

References

github.com / vim/vim/commit/d1d8f6bacb489036d0fd479c9dd3c0102c988889
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/0a9bd71e-66b8-4eb1-9566-7dfd9b097e59
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHFAR6OY6G77M6GXCJT75A4KITLNR6GO
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16