CVE-2022-1897 (GCVE-0-2022-1897)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:34
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Title
Out-of-bounds Write in vim/vim
Summary
Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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Vendor Product Version
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 8.2 (custom)
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