CVE-2022-3491 (GCVE-0-2022-3491)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 18:26
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Summary
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0742.
Severity ?
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 9.0.0742 (custom)
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