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high 7.8

CVE-2022-47024 json

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in function gui_x11_create_blank_mouse in gui_x11.c in vim 8.1.2269 thru 9.0.0339 allows at…

published 2023-01-20 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-49802

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in function gui_x11_create_blank_mouse in gui_x11.c in vim 8.1.2269 thru 9.0.0339 allows attackers to cause denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Patch / fix

  • vim Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:9.0.0626-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47024

  • vim Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.11
  • vim Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.12
  • vim Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4
  • vim Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm6
  • vim Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm15

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47024

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vim RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1
  • vim-X11 RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1
  • vim-common RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1
  • vim-minimal RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1
  • vim-enhanced RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1
  • vim-filesystem RHEL 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:0958

  • vim-X11 AlmaLinux 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1
  • vim-common AlmaLinux 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1
  • vim-minimal AlmaLinux 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1
  • vim-enhanced AlmaLinux 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1
  • vim-filesystem AlmaLinux 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:0958

  • vim Rocky Linux 9 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:0958

  • vim Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 9.0.0999-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-47024

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vim Arch Linux 9.0.1225-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2843

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-47024 updated cvss 7.8

vim: no check if the return value of XChangeGC() is NULL

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) vim-X11 8.2.2637-20.el9_1, vim-common 8.2.2637-20.el9_1, vim-enhanced 8.2.2637-20.el9_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) vim 8.2.2637-20.el9_1, vim-minimal 8.2.2637-20.el9_1, vim-filesystem 8.2.2637-20.el9_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0958
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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