What is CVE-2022-4293?

CVE-2022-4293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under CWE-1077. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-4293?

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

Vulnerability in Vim

CVE-2022-4293

Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0804.

Published 2022-12-05 · 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 (39.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.8% 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)

References

huntr.dev/bounties/385a835f-6e33-4d00-acce-ac99f3939143 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/vim/vim/commit/cdef1cefa2a440911c727558562f83ed9b00e16b (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0007/
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4293?: CVE-2022-4293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under CWE-1077. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-4293?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.