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CVE-2022-0351: Access of Memory Location Before Start of Buffer in vim/vim

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-01-25 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-786

Description

Access of Memory Location Before Start of Buffer in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 12.6 — fixed in 12.6
• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• vim/vim: before 8.2 — fixed in 8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 12.6; vim/vim 8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/fe6fb267e6ee5c5da2f41889e4e0e0ac5bf4b89d
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/8b36db58-b65c-4298-be7f-40b9e37fd161
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00022.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41

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