Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0490.
CVE-2022-3235 · GHSA-m3mc-3jrw-x2pj · EUVD-2022-42643 · published 18 Sept 2022
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.8 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-2022-3235?
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 <9.0.0490
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 9.0.0490.
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/96d5f7a0-a834-4571-b73b-0fe523b941af
- github.com/vim/vim/commit/1c3dd8ddcba63c1af5112e567215b3cec2de11d0
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSSEWQLK55MCNT4Z2IIJEJYEI5HLCODI/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4QI7AETXBHPC7SGA77Q7O5IEGULWYET7/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GTBVD4J2SKVSWK4VBN5JP5OEVK6GDS3N/
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00032.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
Merged from ENISA EUVD. Last updated 3 Nov 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON