CVE-2022-3153

A flaw was found in vim, where it is vulnerable to a null-pointer-dereference in the vim_regcomp() function. This flaw allows a specially crafted file to crash a program or execute code.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a Low-security impact because the "victim" has to run an untrusted file IN SCRIPT MODE. Someone who is running untrusted files in script mode is equivalent to someone just taking a random Python script and running it.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.