CVE-2022-0408

vim: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in spellsuggest.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 30, 2022

Updated · August 7, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to stack corruption when looking for spell suggestions and leads to a stack buffer overflow. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write