TI-2022-03931 Aliases CVE-2022-4293 GHSA-3h9w-jf77-pw27

Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator in vim/vim

MEDIUM 58CWE-1077Published 2022-12-05 · Updated 2025-04-14

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0804.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00476 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Partial vim/vim (vim): 9.0.0804Red Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
vim	vim/vim	before 9.0.0804	9.0.0804	Patch available	CNA

vim/vim Vendorvim Affected before 9.0.0804 Fixed in 9.0.0804 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim::::::::	before 9.0.0804	Vulnerable	vim

cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 9.0.0804 Vulnerable ·vim

Remediation

Fix · CNA vim/vim (vim) Fixed in 9.0.0804

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)	Affected	—

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4293
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3h9w-jf77-pw27
2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

TI-2022-03248 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-15103 Vim before 9.0.2142 has a stack-based buffer overflow because did_set_langmap in map.c… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-05093 Use After Free in vim/vim CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-04407 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-04379 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-04378 Use After Free in vim/vim CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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