CVE-2022-2946 (GCVE-0-2022-2946)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:53
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Title
Use After Free in vim/vim
Summary
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0246.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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Vendor Product Version
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 9.0.0246 (custom)
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