CVE-2022-2849 (GCVE-0-2022-2849)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-17 00:00
Modified
2026-10-09 13:35
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-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0220.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vim vim/vim Version: unspecified   < 9.0.0220
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