CVE-2022-1725 | NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim

Exp

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4959.

Published: 2022-09-28 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-1725 is rated Exploit Available (51.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-1725

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-1725

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.52% +0.47%
2 2025-11-21 0.21% 0.04% -0.16%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.21% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-1725

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.6 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 4.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-1725

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-1725

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-1725: 1 source package rows (vim); 75 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 75. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-1725
debian unimportant CVE-2022-1725 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vim), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1725
gentoo low CVE-2022-1725: 1 GLSA(s) (202305-16), 3 atom(s) (app-editors/gvim, app-editors/vim, app-editors/vim-core); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-1725
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1725
suse medium CVE-2022-1725 severity moderate: SUSE including 6 source package names (gvim, vim, vim-data, vim-data-common, vim-small, xxd), 125 product×package rows across 40 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (40 product lines)): Known Not Affected 125. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1725/
ubuntu low CVE-2022-1725 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vim), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 7, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1725

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-1725

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vim vim < 8.2.4959 cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos < 13.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-1725

URL Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b62dc5e7825bc195efe3041d5b3a9f1528359e1c Patch Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/4363cf07-233e-4d0a-a1d5-c731a400525c Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
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