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CVE-2022-3278
NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim
Medium6.8Public exploitEPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- @huntrdev
Description
NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0552.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By @huntrdev
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| @huntrdevCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
References (6)
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/a9fad77e-f245-4ce9-ba15-c7d4c86c4612 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/69082916c8b5d321545d60b9f5facad0a2dd5a4e (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-40161673a3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-fff548cfab (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-4bc60c32a2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202305-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-3278)Record last updated .