High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 20, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-1720
CVE-2022-1720
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.
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Affected products
39- osv-coords37 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1+ 36 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
15- github.com/vim/vim/commit/395bd1f6d3edc9f7edb5d1f2d7deaf5a9e3ab93cnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- huntr.dev/bounties/5ccfb386-7eb9-46e5-98e5-243ea4b358a8nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00014.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16nvdThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213443nvdThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213444nvdThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213488nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFD2A4YLBR7OIRHTL7CK6YNMEIQ264CN/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U743FMJGFQ35GBPCQ6OWMVZEJPDFVEWM/nvd
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