Use After Free in vim/vim

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-3591
StatePUBLISHED
Assigner@huntrdev
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-02 17:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-09-24 15:38:23 UTC
DescriptionUse After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0789.

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: 0.003940000 probability, percentile 0.307260000 (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
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 9.0.0789 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
patch 9.0.0789: dummy buffer ends up in a window · vim/vim@8f3c3c6 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
huntr: Page not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 huntr.dev Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183472 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2022-3591)
  • 199815 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-6420-1)
  • 355073 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : AL2012-2023-397
  • 672788 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1543)
  • 672823 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1568)
  • 672979 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1883)
  • 672982 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1858)
  • 710718 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-16)
  • 753073 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:4631-1)
  • 753603 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2023:0209-1)

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