CVE-2022-4141

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cc762a48d42b579fb7bdec2c614636b830342dd5	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/20ece512-c600-45ac-8a84-d0931e05541f	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00015.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AZ3JMSUCR6Y7626RDWQ2HNSUFIQOJ33G/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V6ZNKVN4GICORTVFKVCM4MSOXCYWNHUC/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cc762a48d42b579fb7bdec2c614636b830342dd5	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/20ece512-c600-45ac-8a84-d0931e05541f	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AZ3JMSUCR6Y7626RDWQ2HNSUFIQOJ33G/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V6ZNKVN4GICORTVFKVCM4MSOXCYWNHUC/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*

History

03 Nov 2025, 21:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html -

Information

Published : 2022-11-25 14:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4141

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4141

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4141

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vim

vim

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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