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CVE-2022-0714: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-122

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4436.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0
• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35
• vim/vim: through 8.2.4436

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 13.0. 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/4e889f98e95ac05d7c8bd3ee933ab4d47820fdfa
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/db70e8db-f309-4f3c-986c-e69d2415c3b3
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.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/HBUYQBZ6GWAWJRWP7AODJ4KHW5BCKDVP/
• 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

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