vim up to 8.x heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in vim up to 8.x. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-2264. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in vim up to 8.x (Word Processing Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.

The weakness was shared 07/01/2022. The advisory is shared at huntr.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-2264 since 06/30/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d25f003342aca9889067f2e839963dfeccf1fe05 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 vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-34539). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: vim 9.0
Patch: d25f003342aca9889067f2e839963dfeccf1fe05

Timelineinfo

06/30/2022 🔍
07/01/2022 +1 days 🔍
07/01/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/24/2026 +1423 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: d25f003342aca9889067f2e839963dfeccf1fe05
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-2264 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-2264
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-203069
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/01/2022 14:26
Updated: 05/24/2026 21:20
Changes: 07/01/2022 14:26 (41), 07/17/2022 14:43 (30), 05/24/2026 21:20 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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