VDB
GHSA-wjxh-hxxv-h4vm
GHSA-wjxh-hxxv-h4vm
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022
vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- May 24, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
Query this with the API
The same record, from the CLI:
vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-wjxh-hxxv-h4vm
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-wjxh-hxxv-h4vm
Or with curl, using the org id and key from your account page:
curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
"https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-wjxh-hxxv-h4vm/fixes/registry"
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References
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/d9c17308-2c99-4f9f-a706-f7f72c24c273 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TE62UMYBZE4AE53K6OBBWK32XQ7544QM url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/01/1 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3778 advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7K4JJBIH3OQSZRVTWKCJCDLGMFGQ5DOH url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S42L4Z4DTW4LHLQ4FJ33VEOXRCBE7WN4 url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221118-0003 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 advisory
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/65b605665997fad54ef39a93199e305af2fe4d7f fix
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00003.html advisory