CVE-2022-3324 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0598.

01What is this vulnerability?

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0598.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-09-27T23:15:15.927
• Last modified: 2026-09-24T15:38:04.713

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8279af514ca7e5fd3c31cf13b0864163d1a0bfeb
• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/e414e55b-f332-491f-863b-c18dca97403c
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
• github.com — https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8279af514ca7e5fd3c31cf13b0864163d1a0bfeb
• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/e414e55b-f332-491f-863b-c18dca97403c
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html