CVE-2022-2946
Published: 23 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-2946 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Vim Vim. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 31.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-35167
Vulnerability details
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0246.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.