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CVE-2022-3296

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3296 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Vim, specifically affecting versions prior to 9.0.0577, including those distributed by Fedora Project. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.0577CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 9.0.0614-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 9.0.0614-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 9.0.0614-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 9.0.0614-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18599-16823Fixed in: 9.0.0614-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18598-16820Fixed in: 9.0.0614-1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: vim

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-3296Low

vim: stack buffer overflow in ex_finally() in ex_eval.c

Sep 25, 2022
microsoft2022-Sep/CVE-2022-3296Important

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Sep 13, 2022

References

github.com / vim/vim/commit/96b9bf8f74af8abf1e30054f996708db7dc285be
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/958866b8-526a-4979-9471-39392e0c9077
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4QI7AETXBHPC7SGA77Q7O5IEGULWYET7
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GTBVD4J2SKVSWK4VBN5JP5OEVK6GDS3N
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSSEWQLK55MCNT4Z2IIJEJYEI5HLCODI
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16