A vim security update has been released for Slackware Linux 15.0 and -current.

slackware-security: vim (SSA:2022-242-01)

New vim packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/vim-9.0.0334-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed use after free.
Thanks to marav for the heads-up.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-3016
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/vim-gvim-9.0.0334-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
( http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated packages for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/vim-9.0.0334-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/vim-gvim-9.0.0334-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/vim-9.0.0334-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/vim-gvim-9.0.0334-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/vim-9.0.0334-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/vim-gvim-9.0.0334-i586-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/vim-9.0.0334-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/vim-gvim-9.0.0334-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 packages:
d84ff2197cb8ca546a8894308dcbb680 vim-9.0.0334-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
5385e7472c43d0791e75a377c3174717 vim-gvim-9.0.0334-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 packages:
4a841af6a42f71e6de89a0c0ffe73c81 vim-9.0.0334-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
54f8dc1acf06813fe95ff6fe8cd77136 vim-gvim-9.0.0334-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current packages:
9140a246f4686fc7bed7c3cf5327a96d ap/vim-9.0.0334-i586-1.txz
60f730aa8df0c8fe961c45c7f1fcf103 xap/vim-gvim-9.0.0334-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
4c1a1af62534c9daa2ca0129294ef110 ap/vim-9.0.0334-x86_64-1.txz
d7acf5317e2722c6e75455538adb23ef xap/vim-gvim-9.0.0334-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg vim-9.0.0334-i586-1_slack15.0.txz vim-gvim-9.0.0334-i586-1_slack15.0.txz