CVE-2022-1886
Published: 26 May 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-1886 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Vim Vim. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 31.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-25158
Vulnerability details
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.