CVE-2022-0407 (GCVE-0-2022-0407)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-30 13:45 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:25
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Title
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
Summary
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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References
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Vendor Product Version
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 8.2 (custom)
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