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CVE-2022-1620
NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 in vim/vim
Medium6.6EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- @huntrdev
Description
NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4901. NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| @huntrdevCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
Affected products
References (10)
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/7a4c59f3-fcc0-4496-995d-5ca6acd2da51 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8e4b76da1d7e987d43ca960dfbc372d1c617466f (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
- FEDORA-2022-8df66cdbef (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202208-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_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
- 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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