CVE-2022-3278

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• 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

1.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 64.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/I:N/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

2022-09-23 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-05-22 18:28Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-09-22

Assigning CNA

@huntrdev

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f31a22655c00e4205cc6d5644a7df50a6eb94fbd928780caf15eeb9773b24099

• huntr.devhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/a9fad77e-f245-4ce9-ba15-c7d4c86c4612
• github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/69082916c8b5d321545d60b9f5facad0a2dd5a4e
• 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.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