Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0530.

cve CVE-2022-3256 1 source, 1 claim · Watch

NVD writes:
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0530. Un Uso de Memoria Previamente Liberada en el repositorio de GitHub vim/vim versiones anteriores a 9.0.0530 the claim

What it is to other things

affectsdebian/debian_linux
NVD
affectsfedoraproject/fedora
NVD
affectsneovim/neovim
NVD
affectsvim/vim
NVD
made_bydebian
NVD
made_byfedoraproject
NVD
made_byneovim
NVD
made_byvim
NVD

In words only, so not counted until a person confirms one:

affectsvim/vim_vim
NVD says “vim · vim/vim”

What each source says

PropertySourceSaidMeans here
Cvss
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NVD7.8
receipt
Source
NVD
Its words
7.8
Read by
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Said since
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-04 18:16 UTC
Original
open at the source
What the source handed over
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Its words
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Said since
2026-09-29 17:49 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-04 18:16 UTC
Original
open at the source
2026-09-29 17:49 UTCvim/vim
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC—
What the source handed over
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Said since
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-04 18:16 UTC
Original
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vulnerability

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0530.
zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2022-09-22
cvss 7.8 product vim/vim status Analyzed vendor vim source