CVE-2022-0696 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-0696

NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim

Vulnerability Description

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4428.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

vim/vim
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: February 21st, 2022
Last Modified: August 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation
Impact
T1489 Service Stop
Impact
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access