Is CVE-2022-1621 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-1621 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-1621?

CVE-2022-1621 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-1621?

CVE-2022-1621 has an EPSS score of 2.30% (81th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1621?

Upgrade vim on debian 12 to 2:9.0.0135-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-1621

HIGHEPSS 81th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy find_word in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4919. This vulnerability is capable of crashing software, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

vimDebian

Fixed in:2:9.0.0135-1CVE-2022-1621

vimUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm5USN-5613-1

Fixed in:2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm6USN-5460-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.9USN-5613-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.8USN-5613-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.9USN-5613-2

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1USN-5613-1

VimWindows application

Affected:8.2.4919Fixed in:8.2.4919Bram Moolenaar et al.

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

huntr.dev

Third-Party Advisory6

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-26256	High	7.8	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-25687	Medium	5.9	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-3459	High	8.8	86%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21017	High	8.8	86%	KEV	-
CVE-2020-25683	Medium	5.9	86%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.