CVE-2022-4292

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

0.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 51.8% 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

2022-12-05 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-14 17:55Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-12-05

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

5.1

Document digest

389cdd82b6b525772f2e76e9e907247fab4049cbe64db9aa3172cab1a3bd8552

• huntr.devhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/da3d4c47-e57a-451e-993d-9df0ed31f57b
• github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c3d27ada14acd02db357f2d16347acc22cb17e93
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230113-0005/
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-340f1d6ab9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYC22GGZ6QA66HLNLHCTAJU265TT3O33/vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202305-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16vendor-advisory