vim up to 8.1 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in vim up to 8.1. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-1942. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim up to 8.1 (Word Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 06/01/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-1942 since 05/30/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 71223e2db87c2bf3b09aecb46266b56cda26191d 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-2022-25210). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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: 7.8
CNA Vector (huntr.dev): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: vim 8.2
Patch: 71223e2db87c2bf3b09aecb46266b56cda26191d

Timelineinfo

05/30/2022 🔍
06/01/2022 +2 days 🔍
06/01/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2026 +1411 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 71223e2db87c2bf3b09aecb46266b56cda26191d
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-1942 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-1942
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-200923
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/01/2022 08:10
Updated: 04/12/2026 15:45
Changes: 06/01/2022 08:10 (50), 06/04/2022 09:58 (2), 03/30/2025 20:12 (16), 11/04/2025 15:26 (19), 04/12/2026 15:45 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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