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high 7.8

CVE-2022-1897 json

Out-of-bounds Write in vim/vim

published 2022-05-27 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-25169

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Patch / fix

  • vim vim/vim 8.2
  • vim Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:9.0.0135-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1897

  • vim Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
  • vim Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
  • vim Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
  • vim Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm10
  • vim Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1897

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vim RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim-X11 RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim-common RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim-minimal RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim-enhanced RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim-filesystem RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim rhev hypervisor 4.4, RHEL 8 2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4
  • vim-X11 RHEL 8 2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:5942RHSA-2022:5813

  • vim SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +5 more 9.0.0814-17.9.1
  • vim SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +24 more 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1SUSE-SU-2022:2102-1

  • vim openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.0.0453-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12337-1

  • vim-X11 AlmaLinux 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim-common AlmaLinux 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim-minimal AlmaLinux 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim-enhanced AlmaLinux 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim-filesystem AlmaLinux 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim-X11 AlmaLinux 8 2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4
  • vim-common AlmaLinux 8 2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4
  • vim-minimal AlmaLinux 8 2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:5942ALSA-2022:5813

  • vim Rocky Linux 9 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
  • vim Rocky Linux 8 2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:5942RLSA-2022:5813

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-1897 updated cvss 7.8

vim: out-of-bounds write in vim_regsub_both() in regexp.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) vim-X11 8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4, vim-common 8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4, vim-enhanced 8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4, vim-filesystem 8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix “Untrusted vim scripts with -s [scriptin] are not recommended to run.” RHSA-2022:5813
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) vim-X11 8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3, vim-common 8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3, vim-enhanced 8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
    fixed: vendor fix “Untrusted vim scripts with -s [scriptin] are not recommended to run.” RHSA-2022:5942
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) vim 8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4, vim-minimal 8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix “Untrusted vim scripts with -s [scriptin] are not recommended to run.” RHSA-2022:5813
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) vim 8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3, vim-minimal 8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3, vim-filesystem 8.2.2637-16.el9_0.3
    fixed: vendor fix “Untrusted vim scripts with -s [scriptin] are not recommended to run.” RHSA-2022:5942
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 vim 8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4, vim-minimal 8.0.1763-19.el8_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix “Untrusted vim scripts with -s [scriptin] are not recommended to run.” RHSA-2022:5813
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • huntr.dev https://huntr.dev/bounties/82c12151-c283-40cf-aa05-2e39efa89118 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • vim vim/vim

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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