Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2022 · Assigned by @huntrdev

CVE-2022-3016Use After Free in vim/vim

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in vim/vim from vim. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0286.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20vim9.0.0369-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-3016
Alpine:v3.21vim9.0.0369-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-3016
Alpine:v3.22vim9.0.0369-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-3016
Alpine:v3.23vim9.0.0369-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-3016
Alpine:v3.24vim9.0.0369-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-3016
Debian:12vim2:9.0.0626-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3016
Debian:13vim2:9.0.0626-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3016
Debian:14vim2:9.0.0626-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11USN-6302-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
vim vim/vim unspecified – before 9.0.0286

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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