CVE-2022-3256
Use After Free in vim/vim
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0530.
Un Uso de Memoria Previamente Liberada en el repositorio de GitHub vim/vim versiones anteriores a 9.0.0530
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2022-09-21 CVE Reserved
- 2022-09-22 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-03 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (7)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://huntr.dev/bounties/8336a3df-212a-4f8d-ae34-76ef1f936bb3 | 2024-08-03 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8ecfa2c56b4992c7f067b92488aa9acea5a454ad | 2023-11-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Vim Search vendor "Vim" | Vim Search vendor "Vim" for product "Vim" | < 9.0.0530 Search vendor "Vim" for product "Vim" and version " < 9.0.0530" | - |
Affected
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35" | - |
Affected
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 36 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "36" | - |
Affected
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 37 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "37" | - |
Affected
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0" | - |
Affected
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