CVE-2022-0417 (GCVE-0-2022-0417)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-01 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:34
VLAI?
Title
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
Summary
Heap-based Buffer Overflow GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 8.2 (custom)
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