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CVE-2022-4141

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-4141 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim versions 9.0.0946 and below, including specific Fedora packages. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file and executing a CTRL-W gf command, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is considered serious, though it currently lacks public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or evidence of active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low current awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0.0946CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 9.0.0947CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 35th 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 (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18536-16820Fixed in: 9.0.0982-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18537-16823Fixed in: 9.0.0982-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 9.0.0982-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 9.0.0982-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 9.0.0982-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 9.0.0982-1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: vim

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-4141Low

vim: invalid memory access in substitute with function

Nov 25, 2022
microsoft2022-Nov/CVE-2022-4141Important

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Nov 8, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
github.com / vim/vim/commit/cc762a48d42b579fb7bdec2c614636b830342dd5
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/20ece512-c600-45ac-8a84-d0931e05541f
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00015.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AZ3JMSUCR6Y7626RDWQ2HNSUFIQOJ33G
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V6ZNKVN4GICORTVFKVCM4MSOXCYWNHUC
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-16