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CVE-2022-3591: Use After Free in vim/vim

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-12-02 · updated 2026-09-24
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0789.

Affected products

• Neovim: from 0.1.0 before 0.9.0 — fixed in 0.9.0
• vim/vim: before 9.0.0789 — fixed in 9.0.0789

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Neovim 0.9.0; vim/vim 9.0.0789. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8f3c3c6cd044e3b5bf08dbfa3b3f04bb3f711bad
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/a5a998c2-4b07-47a7-91be-dbc1886b3921
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8f3c3c6cd044e3b5bf08dbfa3b3f04bb3f711bad
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/a5a998c2-4b07-47a7-91be-dbc1886b3921
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16

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