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CVE-2022-0696: NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2022-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-476
Description
NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4428.
Affected products
- Apple macOS: before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0
- Debian Linux: 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 34
- vim/vim: before 8.2.4428 — fixed in 8.2.4428
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 13.0; vim/vim 8.2.4428. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0f6e28f686dbb59ab3b562408ab9b2234797b9b1
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/7416c2cb-1809-4834-8989-e84ff033f15f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZLEHVP4LNAGER4ZDGUDS5V5YVQD6INF/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0f6e28f686dbb59ab3b562408ab9b2234797b9b1
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/7416c2cb-1809-4834-8989-e84ff033f15f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
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