CVE-2022-4141 HIGH

CVE-2022-4141: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Vendor Vim

Product vim/vim

Weakness CWE-122

Published November 25, 2022

Last update November 3, 2025

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CVSS base score

7.3/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction Required

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Heap based buffer overflow in vim/vim 9.0.0946 and below by allowing an attacker to CTRL-W gf in the expression used in the RHS of the substitute command.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 25, 2022 CVE published

November 3, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4141 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html

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