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CVE-2022-2980: NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2022-08-25 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-476
Description
NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0259.
Affected products
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 37
- vim/vim: before 9.0.0259 — fixed in 9.0.0259
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: vim/vim 9.0.0259. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/80525751c5ce9ed82c41d83faf9ef38667bf61b1
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/6e7b12a5-242c-453d-b39e-9625d563b0ea
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/80525751c5ce9ed82c41d83faf9ef38667bf61b1
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/6e7b12a5-242c-453d-b39e-9625d563b0ea
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
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