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CVE-2022-1619
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function cmdline_erase_chars in vim/vim
Medium6.1EPSS 2.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- @huntrdev
Description
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function cmdline_erase_chars in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4899. This vulnerabilities are capable of crashing software, modify memory, and possible remote execution
Timeline
ID reserved
By @huntrdev
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| @huntrdevCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
References (13)
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/b3200483-624e-4c76-a070-e246f62a7450 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ef02f16609ff0a26ffc6e20263523424980898fe (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-e92c3ce170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-f0db3943d9 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220516 [SECURITY] [DLA 3011-1] vim security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-8df66cdbef (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202208-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220930-0007/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221124 [SECURITY] [DLA 3204-1] vim security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- GLSA-202305-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-1619)Record last updated .