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CVE-2022-1898: Use After Free in vim/vim

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2022-05-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0
• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35, 36
• vim/vim: before 8.2.5024 — fixed in 8.2.5024

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 13.0; vim/vim 8.2.5024. 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/e2fa213cf571041dbd04ab0329303ffdc980678a
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/45aad635-c2f1-47ca-a4f9-db5b25979cea
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00014.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OZSLFIKFYU5Y2KM5EJKQNYHWRUBDQ4GJ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMFHBC5OQXDPV2SDYA2JUQGVCPYASTJB/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TYNK6SDCMOLQJOI3B4AOE66P2G2IH4ZM/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488

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