Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in vim/vim
Published Aug 17, 2022
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.53%
Description
Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0218.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<9.0.0218
- Version
Configuration 1
- < 9.0.0218
- 35
Configuration 2
- 35
- 37
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
vim
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
vim
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
vim
Fix deferred
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | vim | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | vim | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | vim | Fix deferred | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat mitigation
Untrusted vim scripts with -s [scriptin] are not recommended to run.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
Score over time
2022-2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00528) | 42.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00501) | 38.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.57% (0.00574) | 66.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00136) | 50.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 7, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00105) | 42.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 36.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00071) | 29.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 17.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 14, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Aug 18, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 25.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2845 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2119844 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e98c88c44c308edaea5994b8ad4363e65030968c PatchThird Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/3e1d31ac-1cfd-4a9f-bc5c-213376b69445 ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/ vendor-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/ vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2845
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2845
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2845 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2119844 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e98c88c44c308edaea5994b8ad4363e65030968c | PatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://huntr.dev/bounties/3e1d31ac-1cfd-4a9f-bc5c-213376b69445 | ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/ | vendor-advisory | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/ | vendor-advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2845 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 | vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2845 |
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