CVE-2022-0408 Stack-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

What is CVE-2022-0408?

CVE-2022-0408 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 30 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-121

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0408?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Vim Vim.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0408?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-0408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-0408, AZL-8459, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0408, GHSA-3gfc-hc4g-r887, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0408.