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CVE-2022-0629: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-121

Description

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

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0
• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35
• vim/vim: before 8.2.4397 — fixed in 8.2.4397

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 13.0; vim/vim 8.2.4397. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/34f8117dec685ace52cd9e578e2729db278163fc
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/95e2b0da-e480-4ee8-9324-a93a2ab0a877
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZLEHVP4LNAGER4ZDGUDS5V5YVQD6INF/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UURGABNDL77YR5FRQKTFBYNBDQX2KO7Q/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/34f8117dec685ace52cd9e578e2729db278163fc

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