Is CVE-2022-1720 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-1720 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-1720?

CVE-2022-1720 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-1720?

CVE-2022-1720 has an EPSS score of 2.12% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1720?

Upgrade vim on debian 12 to 2:9.0.0135-1 or later. Fixes are available for 10 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-1720

HIGHEPSS 80th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Buffer Over-read in function grab_file_name in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4956. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.

CWE-126Buffer Over-read CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

vimDebian

Fixed in:2:9.0.0135-1CVE-2022-1720

vimUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm8USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3USN-5995-1

vim-athenaUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm8USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3USN-5995-1

vim-gnomeUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm8USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12USN-5995-1

vim-gtkUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm8USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5USN-5995-1

vim-gtk3Ubuntu

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3USN-5995-1

vim-motifUbuntu

Fixed in:2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3USN-5995-1

vim-noxUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm8USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3USN-5995-1

vim-tinyUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm8USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5USN-5995-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3USN-5995-1

VimWindows application

Affected:8.2.4956Fixed in:8.2.4956Bram Moolenaar et al.

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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

2.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory11

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-126 (Buffer Over-read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7668	High	7.5	57%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7679	Critical	9.8	39%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-21277	High	7.5	38%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-38071	High	7.5	36%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-2495	Medium	6.5	34%	-	-

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