CVE-2022-1620

HIGH

vim < 8.2.4901 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in vim_regexec_string

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4901. NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 65.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (5)
apple/macos < 13.0
fedoraproject/fedora 34
fedoraproject/fedora 35
fedoraproject/fedora 36
vim/vim < 8.2.4901
Published May 08, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026