CVE-2022-2845 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0218.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Vim	Vim

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e98c88c44c308edaea5994b8ad4363e65030968c
https://huntr.dev/bounties/3e1d31ac-1cfd-4a9f-bc5c-213376b69445
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2845
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2845

History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0218.	Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0218.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2022-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-09T13:35:16.376Z

Reserved: 2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2845

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:52:58.914Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-17T15:15:07.850

Modified: 2026-10-09T14:17:08.410

Link: CVE-2022-2845

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-08-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-2845 - Bugzilla

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