What is CVE-2022-2580?

CVE-2022-2580 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-2580?

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

Buffer overflow in Vim

CVE-2022-2580

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0102.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-08-01 · 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: 0.005 (42.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Vim
Vim Vim/vim — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

huntr.dev/bounties/c5f2f1d4-0441-4881-b19c-055acaa16249 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/vim/vim/commit/1e56bda9048a9625bce6e660938c834c5c15b07d (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2580?: CVE-2022-2580 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-2580?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.