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CVE-2022-1621

vim: heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 10, 2022

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in vim, where it is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the vim_strncpy find_word function. This flaw allows a specially crafted file to crash software, modify memory and possibly perform remote execution when opened in vim.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write