CVE-2022-4141

high

Description

Heap based buffer overflow in vim/vim 9.0.0946 and below by allowing an attacker to CTRL-W gf in the expression used in the RHS of the substitute command.

References

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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V6ZNKVN4GICORTVFKVCM4MSOXCYWNHUC/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AZ3JMSUCR6Y7626RDWQ2HNSUFIQOJ33G/

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cc762a48d42b579fb7bdec2c614636b830342dd5

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00015.html

https://huntr.dev/bounties/20ece512-c600-45ac-8a84-d0931e05541f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-11-25

Updated: 2025-11-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H