# CVE-2022-4293: Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator in vim/vim

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.0.0804
- Published: 2022-12-05 · Updated: 2025-04-14

## Affected

- vim vim/vim: fixed in 9.0.0804

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vim vim/vim, upgrade to a fixed version (9.0.0804) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/385a835f-6e33-4d00-acce-ac99f3939143
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cdef1cefa2a440911c727558562f83ed9b00e16b
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0007/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16

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