CVE-2022-1771 Uncontrolled Recursion in vim/vim
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Vim via uncontrolled recursion, requiring users to upgrade to a patched version.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-1771?
CVE-2022-1771 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vim Vim, published on 18 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Uncontrolled Recursion in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4975.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1771?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vim Vim.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1771?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-1771 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1771 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vim Vim
Sources
Also known as AZL-9789, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1771, GHSA-vppj-q42f-96w5, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1771.