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CVE-2022-4141

vim: invalid memory access in substitute with function

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 25, 2022

Updated · June 26, 2026

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Vim due to invalid memory access. This issue could allow an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an out-of-bounds write that causes an application to crash, possibly executing code and corrupting memory.

Statement

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.

For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle & Updates Policy: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

CVSS score applicability

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

Untrusted vim scripts with -s [scriptin] are not recommended to run.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write