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CVE-2022-1771: Uncontrolled Recursion in vim/vim

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-674

Description

Uncontrolled Recursion in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4975.

Affected products

• vim/vim: before 8.2.4975 — fixed in 8.2.4975

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: vim/vim 8.2.4975. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/51f0bfb88a3554ca2dde777d78a59880d1ee37a8
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/faa74175-5317-4b71-a363-dfc39094ecbb
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/51f0bfb88a3554ca2dde777d78a59880d1ee37a8
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/faa74175-5317-4b71-a363-dfc39094ecbb
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16

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