CVE-2022-47024

vim: no check if the return value of XChangeGC() is NULL

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 20, 2023

Updated · June 26, 2026

Description

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in Vim's gui_x11_create_blank_mouse function in gui_x11.c. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service and other unspecified impacts.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

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

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference