What is CVE-2022-0554?

CVE-2022-0554 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under CWE-823. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-02-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-0554?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0554 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Apple macOS

CVE-2022-0554

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Published 2022-02-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.017 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Apple macOS
Vim
Vim Vim/vim — versions unspecified
Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 34

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

huntr.dev/bounties/7e8f6cd0-b5ee-48a2-8255-6a86f4c46c71 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/vim/vim/commit/e3537aec2f8d6470010547af28dcbd83d41461b8 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0554?: CVE-2022-0554 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under CWE-823. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-02-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-0554?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0554 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.