🛡️ CVE-2022-1629 — fedora

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-126 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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Description

Buffer Over-read in function find_next_quote in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4925. This vulnerabilities are capable of crashing software, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2022-1629 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • fedora
  • macos (fixed in 13.0)
  • vim (fixed in 8.2.4925)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 May 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

seclists.org
seclists.org
github.com
huntr.dev
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.gentoo.org
security.gentoo.org
support.apple.com
seclists.org
seclists.org
github.com
huntr.dev
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.gentoo.org
security.gentoo.org

CVE-2022-1629 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-126
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-05-10
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fedora — —
macos — 13.0
vim — 8.2.4925

References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41

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