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Summary

CVECVE-2022-3297
StatePUBLISHED
Assigner@huntrdev
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-25 19:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-09-24 15:38:08 UTC
DescriptionUse After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0579.

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

EPSS: 0.005270000 probability, percentile 0.421660000 (date 2026-09-24)

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]Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0CNADECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Application Neovim Neovim All All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Vim Vim/vim affected unspecified 9.0.0579 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-9.0.720-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
huntr – Security Bounties for any GitHub repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 huntr.dev Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-9.0.720-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: vim-9.0.828-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
patch 9.0.0579: using freed memory when 'tagfunc' wipes out buffer · vim/vim@0ff0183 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-9.0.720-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: vim-9.0.828-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-9.0.720-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 182138 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2022-3297)
  • 199815 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-6420-1)
  • 283202 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-40161673a3)
  • 283216 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-fff548cfab)
  • 283438 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-4bc60c32a2)
  • 354794 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2023-1975
  • 355260 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2023-2023-117
  • 672401 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2810)
  • 672426 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2835)
  • 672429 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-2861)
  • 672488 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1050)
  • 672500 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1025)
  • 672545 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1116)
  • 672558 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1140)
  • 672702 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1518)
  • 710718 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16)
  • 752947 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:4282-1)
  • 753066 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1)
  • 904057 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (11043)
  • 904062 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (11035)
  • 904187 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (11043-1)
  • 904243 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (11035-1)

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