CVE-2022-3234

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

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

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 44.6% 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 2026-06-17.

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

2022-09-17 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 01:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-09-16

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-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fe9e6b6dd2987b3966d134f4329c79d754c615b0ea6954a787548c6b63cf4e32

• huntr.devhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/90fdf374-bf04-4386-8a23-38c83b88f0da
• github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c249913edc35c0e666d783bfc21595cf9f7d9e0d
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-40161673a3https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSSEWQLK55MCNT4Z2IIJEJYEI5HLCODI/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-fff548cfabhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4QI7AETXBHPC7SGA77Q7O5IEGULWYET7/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
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-4bc60c32a2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GTBVD4J2SKVSWK4VBN5JP5OEVK6GDS3N/vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202305-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16vendor-advisory