High severity · published Sep 22, 2022
CVE-2022-3256
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0530
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0530.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35; 36; 37 · source: NVD
NE
Neovim · Neovim
0.1.0 before 0.8.0 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 9.0.0530 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3256
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3256
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8ecfa2c56b4992c7f067b92488aa9acea5a454ad
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/8336a3df-212a-4f8d-ae34-76ef1f936bb3
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4QI7AETXBHPC7SGA77Q7O5IEGULWYET7/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GTBVD4J2SKVSWK4VBN5JP5OEVK6GDS3N/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSSEWQLK55MCNT4Z2IIJEJYEI5HLCODI/
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