vim up to 8.1 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim up to 8.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-0392. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in vim up to 8.1 (Word Processing Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim prior to 8.2.

The weakness was presented 01/29/2022. The advisory is shared at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-0392 since 01/27/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 233548 (Debian dla-4097 : vim - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 8.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 806d037671e133bd28a7864248763f643967973a is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (233548) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-15540). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 233548
Nessus Name: Debian dla-4097 : vim - security update

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: vim 8.2
Patch: 806d037671e133bd28a7864248763f643967973a

Timelineinfo

01/27/2022 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 806d037671e133bd28a7864248763f643967973a
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-0392 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-0392
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-191973
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/29/2022 09:03
Updated: 03/28/2026 09:17
Changes: 01/29/2022 09:03 (50), 02/02/2022 14:29 (3), 03/30/2025 19:09 (16), 11/04/2025 10:50 (13), 11/04/2025 10:51 (16), 03/28/2026 09:17 (1)
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