Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0221.
CVE-2022-2862 · GHSA-9666-4jm7-qvr8 · EUVD-2022-35096 · published 17 Aug 2022
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.6 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
Is your app affected by CVE-2022-2862?
Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Cursor or any AI coding tool: it runs a free Shippable scan of your project and fixes what it finds. Built with Lovable, Bolt or v0? Scan your live app. Or upload your package file.
Who is affected
- vim vim/vim: unspecified <9.0.0221
How to check
- Find out whether you run the affected product and which version, then compare it with the versions above.
How to fix
Copies a prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex that asks it to check whether you run this product.
- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0221.
Check your whole app
Dependencies are only half of it. Free and read-only: before you push, run npx shippable-dev scan localhost:3000 in your project folder, no account needed. For your live app, you prove it's yours with a one-line tag first.
References
- huntr.dev/bounties/71180988-1ab6-4311-bca8-e9a879b06765
- github.com/vim/vim/commit/1889f499a4f248cd84e0e0bf6d0d820016774494
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWOJOA7PZZAMBI5GFTL6PWHXMWSDLUXL/
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
Merged from ENISA EUVD. Last updated 3 Nov 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON