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CVE-2022-3234

high

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0483.

Vendor / product: Vim — vim

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0483.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2022-09-17 22:15
Modified: 2026-11-02 22:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 4 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-02 22:45 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

vim / vim <9.0.0483
fedoraproject / fedora 35, 36, 37
debian / debian_linux 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c249913edc35c0e666d783bfc21595cf9f7d9e0d
Patch / mitigation: https://huntr.dev/bounties/90fdf374-bf04-4386-8a23-38c83b88f0da
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c249913edc35c0e666d783bfc21595cf9f7d9e0d
Patch / mitigation: https://huntr.dev/bounties/90fdf374-bf04-4386-8a23-38c83b88f0da

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-02 22:45 UTC · record ↗

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