CVE-2022-2522 (GCVE-0-2022-2522)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-25 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
Summary
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0061.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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