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CVE-2022-2923: NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2022-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-476
Description
NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0240.
Affected products
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 35
- vim/vim: before 9.0.0240 — fixed in 9.0.0240
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: vim/vim 9.0.0240. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6669de1b235843968e88844ca6d3c8dec4b01a9e
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/fd3a3ab8-ab0f-452f-afea-8c613e283fd2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6669de1b235843968e88844ca6d3c8dec4b01a9e
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/fd3a3ab8-ab0f-452f-afea-8c613e283fd2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
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