Out-of-bounds Write Affecting vim package, versions <9.0.0050-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-VIM-14181140
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed3 Jul 2022

Introduced: 3 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-2288  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 vim to version 9.0.0050-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim package and not the vim package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1