PT-2022-4627 · Vim+6 · Vim+6

Brammool · Published 2022-09-01 · Updated 2025-03-30 · CVE-2022-3099

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vim versions prior to 9.0.0360

Description The issue is related to a Use After Free vulnerability in the do cmdline() function of the Vim text editor, which is associated with the use of memory after it has been freed. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0.0360, update to version 9.0.0360 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the do cmdline() function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-2616

ALT-PU-2022-2704

ALT-PU-2022-2714

ALT-PU-2022-3192

AZL-10828

BDU:2022-05509

CVE-2022-3099

DLA-3182-1

DLA-4097-1

MGASA-2022-0430

OESA-2022-1913

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_4282-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12328-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4282-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1

USN-5775-1

USN-6302-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

Vim

References · 287

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/3xxx/CVE-2022-3099.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://huntr.dev/bounties/403210c7-6cc7-4874-8934-b57f88bd4f5e · Exploit
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/35d21c6830fc2d68aca838424a0e786821c5891c · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2816 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2889 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3099 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LLK2RMZEECKKWUQK7J46D2FQZOXFQLTC · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2862 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2023-0316SE47MD · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3182 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/4JJNUS4AEVYSEJMCK6JZB57QHD5V2G4O · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2817 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3099 · Vendor Advisory