High severity · published Mar 14, 2022
CVE-2022-0943
Heap-based Buffer Overflow occurs in vim in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4563
7.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based Buffer Overflow occurs in vim in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4563.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
before 13.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 36 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 8.2.4563 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0943
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0943
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5c68617d395f9d7b824f68475b24ce3e38d653a3
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/9e4de32f-ad5f-4830-b3ae-9467b5ab90a1
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00014.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html
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