CVE-2022-2231 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00078.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Vim	Vim

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*

No data.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-34511	NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6270-1	Vim vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/79481367a457951aabd9501b510fd7e3eb29c3d8
https://huntr.dev/bounties/8dae6ab4-7a7a-4716-a65c-9b090fa057b5
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFD2A4YLBR7OIRHTL7CK6YNMEIQ264CN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U743FMJGFQ35GBPCQ6OWMVZEJPDFVEWM/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2231
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2231

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00062}`	epss `{'score': 0.00072}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2022-06-28T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:32:09.511Z

Reserved: 2022-06-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-2231

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-28T20:15:08.357

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:00:35.277

Link: CVE-2022-2231

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-06-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-2231 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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