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CVE-2022-2982: Use After Free in vim/vim
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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-416
Description
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0260.
Affected products
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 37
- vim/vim: before 9.0.0260 — fixed in 9.0.0260
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: vim/vim 9.0.0260. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d6c67629ed05aae436164eec474832daf8ba7420
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/53f53d9a-ba8a-4985-b7ba-23efbe6833be
- 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/d6c67629ed05aae436164eec474832daf8ba7420
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/53f53d9a-ba8a-4985-b7ba-23efbe6833be
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
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