What is CVE-2022-2874?

CVE-2022-2874 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-2874?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Vim

CVE-2022-2874

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0224.

Published 2022-08-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vim
Vim Vim/vim — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

huntr.dev/bounties/95f97dfe-247d-475d-9740-b7adc71f4c79 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/vim/vim/commit/4875d6ab068f09df88d24d81de40dcd8d56e243d (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2874?: CVE-2022-2874 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-2874?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.