---
id: CVE-2022-2923
title: NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim
summary: NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0240.
severity: medium
cvss: 6.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-476
vendor: vim
product: vim/vim
affected:
  - vim/vim >= unspecified < 9.0.0240
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-08T20:53:43.446449Z'
published: '2022-08-22'
updated: '2026-11-02'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-02T22:03:24.242Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2923'
references:
  - url: 'https://huntr.dev/bounties/fd3a3ab8-ab0f-452f-afea-8c613e283fd2'
  - url: 'https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6669de1b235843968e88844ca6d3c8dec4b01a9e'
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C72HDIMR3KTTAO7QGTXWUMPBNFUFIBRD/
    label: FEDORA-2022-3b33d04743
  - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16'
    label: GLSA-202305-16
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.005
epssPercentile: 0.43067
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T19:30:42.864Z'
---

## Overview

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0240.

## Affected

- `vim/vim >= unspecified < 9.0.0240`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.