CriticalFix available
vim — security advisory
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0765.
- Products
- vim
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 8.2.4836-r1, 8.2.5000-r1
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-3520
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0765.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2022-3520
vim
Fixed versions: 8.2.4836-r1
vim
Fixed versions: 8.2.5000-r1
Complete source record
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