CVE-2022-1886

Publication date 26 May 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
21.10 impish
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

rodrigo-zaiden

issue added in 8.2.3677 and 8.2.3678, with commits https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4d07253a and https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/85be8563. So, first added in jammy (based on 8.2.3995)

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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