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CVE-2022-4292

vim: use-after-free in did_set_spelllang() in src/spell.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

Review impact separately from score.

Published · December 2, 2022

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A heap use-after-free flaw was found in Vim's did_set_spelllang() function of the spell.c file. This issue occurs because vim uses freed memory after SpellFileMissing autocmd uses bwipe. This could allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering a heap use-after-free issue 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-416 · Use After Free