CVE-2022-1616

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-05-07 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-03 20:34Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2022-05-06

Assigning CNA

@huntrdev

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

2f9edd031c4e1404c00a6d8e97d18eb331f8998f9f690bf8f2d41f90b67bb836

• huntr.devhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/40f1d75f-fb2f-4281-b585-a41017f217e2
• github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d88934406c5375d88f8f1b65331c9f0cab68cc6c
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-e92c3ce170https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6BY5P7ERZS7KXSBCGFCOXLMLGWUUJIH/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-f0db3943d9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JUN33257RUM4RS2I4GZETKFSAXPETATG/vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220516 [SECURITY] [DLA 3011-1] vim security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00022.htmlmailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-8df66cdbefhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIP7KG7TVS5YF3QREAY2GOGUT3YUBZAI/vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-32https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32vendor-advisory
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
• seclists.org20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41mailing-list
• seclists.org20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28mailing-list
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221108 [SECURITY] [DLA 3182-1] vim security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.htmlmailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202305-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html