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CVE-2022-2862

high

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0221.

Vendor / product: Vim — vim

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0221.

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: 2022-08-17 20:15
Modified: 2026-11-02 22:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 07:33 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 <9.0.0221
fedoraproject / fedora 37

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/1889f499a4f248cd84e0e0bf6d0d820016774494
Patch / mitigation: https://huntr.dev/bounties/71180988-1ab6-4311-bca8-e9a879b06765
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/1889f499a4f248cd84e0e0bf6d0d820016774494
Patch / mitigation: https://huntr.dev/bounties/71180988-1ab6-4311-bca8-e9a879b06765

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC · record ↗

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