Vulnerabilities / CVE-2022-3520

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CVE-2022-3520

vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Published Modified CWE 122, 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Amazon (high), Red Hat (low), Ubuntu (low).

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0765.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 3.0vim8.2.5169-5.ph3
Photon OS 4.0vim, vim-extra8.2.5169-5.ph4
alpine 3.15vim8.2.4836-r1
alpine 3.16vim8.2.5000-r1
amazon linux 1vim-common, vim-data, vim-debuginfo and 3 more2:9.0.828-1.1.amzn1
amazon linux 2vim-X11, vim-common, vim-data and 4 more2:9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2023vim-common, vim-common-debuginfo, vim-data and 8 more2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
debian 11vimno fix listed
debian 12vim2:9.0.0813-1
debian 13vim2:9.0.0813-1
debian 14vim2:9.0.0813-1
echovim2:9.0.0813-1
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SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 3.0vim8.2.5169-5.ph3
Photon OS 4.0vim8.2.5169-5.ph4
Photon OS 4.0vim-extra8.2.5169-5.ph4
alpine 3.15vim8.2.4836-r1
alpine 3.16vim8.2.5000-r1
amazon linux 1vim-common2:9.0.828-1.1.amzn1
amazon linux 1vim-data2:9.0.828-1.1.amzn1
amazon linux 1vim-debuginfo2:9.0.828-1.1.amzn1
amazon linux 1vim-enhanced2:9.0.828-1.1.amzn1
amazon linux 1vim-filesystem2:9.0.828-1.1.amzn1
amazon linux 1vim-minimal2:9.0.828-1.1.amzn1
amazon linux 2vim-X112:9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2vim-common2:9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2vim-data2:9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2vim-debuginfo2:9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2vim-enhanced2:9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2vim-filesystem2:9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2vim-minimal2:9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2023vim-common2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
amazon linux 2023vim-common-debuginfo2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
amazon linux 2023vim-data2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
amazon linux 2023vim-debuginfo2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
amazon linux 2023vim-debugsource2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
amazon linux 2023vim-default-editor2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
amazon linux 2023vim-enhanced2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
amazon linux 2023vim-enhanced-debuginfo2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
amazon linux 2023vim-filesystem2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
amazon linux 2023vim-minimal2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
amazon linux 2023vim-minimal-debuginfo2:9.0.1160-1.amzn2023.0.2
debian 11vimno fix listed
debian 12vim2:9.0.0813-1
debian 13vim2:9.0.0813-1
debian 14vim2:9.0.0813-1
echovim2:9.0.0813-1
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04rf-vim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04vim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04rf-vim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04vim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04rf-vim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04vim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
Red Hatvimno fix listed
Red Hatvim-X11no fix listed
Red Hatvim-commonno fix listed
Red Hatvim-enhancedno fix listed
Red Hatvim-filesystemno fix listed
Red Hatvim-minimalno fix listed
root.io debian 12rootio-vim2:9.0.0813-1
ubuntu 20.04vim2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18
ubuntu 20.04-ESMvim2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18
ubuntu 22.04vim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12

References

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