CVE-2022-1616

Publication date 7 May 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Use after free in append_command in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4895. This vulnerability is capable of crashing software, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vim	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed in 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed in 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.8
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed in 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.9
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed in 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm6
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed in 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm5

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
vim	Upstream: d889344

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-5460-1
Vim vulnerabilities
6 June 2022

USN-5613-1
Vim vulnerabilities
15 September 2022

USN-5613-2
Vim regression
19 September 2022