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Summary

CVECVE-2022-2042
StatePUBLISHED
Assigner@huntrdev
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-06-10 19:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 22:17:21 UTC
DescriptionUse After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-416 | CWE-416 CWE-416 Use After Free

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0[email protected]Secondary7.4HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
3.0CNADECLARED7.4HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Vim Vim/vim affected unspecified 8.2 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-7 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-4 macOS Monterey 12.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.7 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
patch 8.2.5072: using uninitialized value and freed memory in spell c… · vim/vim@2813f38 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
use after free in skipwhite vulnerability found in vim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 huntr.dev Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-9 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-09-12-3 macOS Big Sur 11.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 182860 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2022-2042)
  • 200016 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-6557-1)
  • 354009 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2022-1829
  • 354033 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-1628
  • 354356 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-116
  • 354497 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-155
  • 354585 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-155
  • 355135 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2023-2023-098
  • 672048 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2282)
  • 672105 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2307)
  • 672124 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2336)
  • 672152 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2436)
  • 672157 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2423)
  • 672223 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2639)
  • 710607 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32)
  • 710718 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16)

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