CVE-2022-2304 (GCVE-0-2022-2304)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:34
VLAI?
Title
Stack-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
Summary
Stack-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 9.0 (custom)
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