CVE-2022-0417

Publication date 1 February 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

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

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vim	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.3
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.11
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

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this CVE involves code that was introduced in version 8.1.0105 of vim. Part of the patched code was introduced in version 8.2.3402, which is the fix for CVE-2021-3770. The vulnerability related to this other CVE also does not affect bionic and earlier.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
vim	Upstream: 652dee4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H