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Full vulnerability report · 2022
CVE-2022-0156High confidence

Use After Free in vim/vim

vim · vim/vim

5.5MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

Medium technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2022-15365

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

Medium technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

What

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

Why

The program can continue using memory after it has been released, producing unsafe and attacker-influenceable behaviour.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation without authentication after a user interaction. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

Why

The program can continue using memory after it has been released, producing unsafe and attacker-influenceable behaviour.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation without authentication after a user interaction. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
Reference recorded

A structured CVE source labels at least one public reference as exploit material. BlackTree has not independently validated that it is safe, reliable or weaponised.

Likely attack path
local access → Use After Free → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
Required interaction required
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-416 ↗

CWE-416: Use After Free. The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UIRequiredUser interaction: Another user must perform an action for exploitation to succeed.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CNoneConfidentiality impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
UnauthenticatedCWE-416Public exploit reference
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2022-0778Apple macOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein Angreifer aus dem angrenzenden Netzwerk oder ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, um vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Dateien zu manipulieren, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, Informationen falsch darzustellen und einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen.

Official advisory
BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2022-1335Xerox FreeFlow Print Server: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Xerox FreeFlow Print Server ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Verfügbarkeit und Integrität des Systems zu gefährden.

Official advisory
BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2022-1056Apple macOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein entfernter anonymer, authentisierter, lokaler oder physischer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, , um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, einen Spoofing-Angriff durchzuführen und beliebigen Code auszuführen.

Official advisory
BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2022-0356vim: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in vim ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware

d?id=CVE-2021-44717 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44964 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44964 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45346 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45346 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45931 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45931 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45942 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45942 Référence CVE CVE-2021-46310 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46310 Référence CVE CVE-2021-46312 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46312 Référence CVE CVE-2021-46828 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46828 Référence CVE CVE-2021-46848 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46848 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0156 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0156 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0158 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0158 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0284 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0284 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0319 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0319 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0351 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0351 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0391 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0391 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0529 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0529 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0530 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0530 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0561 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0561 Ré

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-665Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple

e.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28544 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4136 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4136 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4166 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4166 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4173 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4173 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4187 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4187 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4192 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4192 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4193 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4193 Référence CVE CVE-2021-46059 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46059 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0128 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0128 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0156 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0156 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0158 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0158 Référence CVE CVE-2022-2294 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2294 Référence CVE CVE-2022-24070 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24070 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26704 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26704 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26768 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26768 Référence CVE CVE-2022-26981 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26981 Référence CVE CVE-2022-29046 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29046 Référence CVE CVE-2022-29048 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-330Multiples vulnérabilités dans Stormshield Network Security

.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4019 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4069 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4069 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4136 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4136 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4166 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4166 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4173 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4173 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4187 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4187 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4192 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4192 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4193 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4193 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0128 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0128 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0156 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0156 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0158 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0158 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0213 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0213 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0261 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0261 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0318 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0318 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0319 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0319 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0351 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0351 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0359 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0359 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0361 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0361 Ré

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-243Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple

.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4136 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4166 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4166 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4173 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4173 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4187 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4187 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4192 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4192 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4193 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4193 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44228 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44228 Référence CVE CVE-2021-46059 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46059 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0128 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0128 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0156 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0156 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0158 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0158 Référence CVE CVE-2022-22582 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22582 Référence CVE CVE-2022-22596 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22596 Référence CVE CVE-2022-22597 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22597 Référence CVE CVE-2022-22598 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22598 Référence CVE CVE-2022-22599 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22599 Référence CVE CVE-2022-22600 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22600 Référence CVE CVE-2022-22601 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
unspecified < 8.2
Fixed
An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 10 Jan 2022 · Last source change 2 Aug 2024, 23:18 UTC · CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-15365
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-15365↗Public exploit reference↗Patch or update reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
Free version - for non-commercial use only.CVE-2022-0156 · cve.blacktree.nl