CVE-2022-2946

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 44.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-09.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-08-23 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-09 13:36Z19 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2022-08-22

Assigning CNA

@huntrdev

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4af5516f5dd871a19c62949fb44fe81bdf8dbb6525a07b4144ab612b28f36e00

• huntr.devhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/5d389a18-5026-47df-a5d0-1548a9b555d5
• github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/adce965162dd89bf29ee0e5baf53652e7515762c
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-3b33d04743https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221108 [SECURITY] [DLA 3182-1] vim security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.htmlmailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202305-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16vendor-advisory