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CVE-2022-1733: Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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: 2022-05-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-122

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4968.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35, 36
• vim/vim: before 8.2.4968 — fixed in 8.2.4968

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 13.0; vim/vim 8.2.4968. 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/60ae0e71490c97f2871a6344aca61cacf220f813
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/6ff03b27-472b-4bef-a2bf-410fae65ff0a
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BFAZTAT5CZC2R6KYDYA2HBAVEDSIX6MW/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUPOLEX5GXC733HL4EFYMHFU7NISJJZG/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QKIX5HYKWXWG6QBCPPTPQ53GNOFHSAIS/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41

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