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CVE-2022-2845: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in vim/vim

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-08-17 · updated 2026-10-09
• Weakness: CWE-1284

Description

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0218.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 35, 37
• vim/vim: before 9.0.0218 — fixed in 9.0.0218

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: vim/vim 9.0.0218. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e98c88c44c308edaea5994b8ad4363e65030968c
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/3e1d31ac-1cfd-4a9f-bc5c-213376b69445
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e98c88c44c308edaea5994b8ad4363e65030968c
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/3e1d31ac-1cfd-4a9f-bc5c-213376b69445
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16

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