CVE-2022-0128 — vim is vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read

vim is vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read

01What is this vulnerability?

vim is vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
vim	vim/vim	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-01-06T16:45:14.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T23:18:41.963Z

09References

• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/63f51299-008a-4112-b85b-1e904aadd4ba
• github.com — https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d3a117814d6acbf0dca3eff1a7626843b9b3734a
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213343
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/14
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32