CVE-2022-4141· NVD / CVE Program· CNA @huntrdev

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.44% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: vim (Alpine:v3.17) 9.0.0999-r0; vim (Debian:10) 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u5; vim (Debian:12) 2:9.0.1000-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to vim (Alpine:v3.17) 9.0.0999-r0; vim (Debian:10) 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u5; vim (Debian:12) 2:9.0.1000-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Heap based buffer overflow in vim/vim 9.0.0946 and below by allowing an attacker to CTRL-W gf in the expression used in the RHS of the substitute command.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Memory safety

Published: Nov 25, 2022
Updated: Sep 24, 2026
EPSS: 0.4% · 37th percentile
CWE: CWE-122

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: proof of concept
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 7.8
CNA · @huntrdev: 7.3; 0.5 point gap

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
vim	vim	cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim
debian	debian linux	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux
neovim	neovim	cpe:2.3:a:neovim:neovim
fedoraproject	fedora	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

debian debian linux10.0
debian debian linux11.0
fedoraproject fedora36
fedoraproject fedora37
neovim neovim0.1.0 and later · before 0.10.0
vim vimup to 9.0.0946 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (@huntrdev). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

vim vim/vim
- unspecified and later · before 9.0.0947affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Alpine:v3.17	vim	before 9.0.0999-r0	9.0.0999-r0
Debian:10	vim	before 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u5	2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u5
Debian:12	vim	before 2:9.0.1000-1	2:9.0.1000-1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3	vim	before 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1	9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3	vim	before 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1	9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9	vim	before 9.0.1234-17.12.1	9.0.1234-17.12.1

Same product

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
alpine:vim	9.0.0999-r0 · Alpine:v3.17	Package registry (OSV)
debian:vim	2:9.0.1000-1 · Debian:12	Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:vim	9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1 · openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.2	Package registry (OSV)
suse:vim	9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

vim/vimcommit cc762a4

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
A user must open a link or visit a page.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

Forced Integer OverflowCAPEC-92likelihood: High · High

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC

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References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16

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