diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tmux/CVE-2022-47016.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/tmux/CVE-2022-47016.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ae3d0f094b502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tmux/CVE-2022-47016.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From e86752820993a00e3d28350cbe46878ba95d9012 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: nicm <nicm>
+Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:22:30 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Check for NULL returns from bufferevent_new.
+
+diff --git a/control.c b/control.c
+index 73286e00..6183a006 100644
+--- a/control.c
++++ b/control.c
+@@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ control_start(struct client *c)
+
+ 	cs->read_event = bufferevent_new(c->fd, control_read_callback,
+ 	    control_write_callback, control_error_callback, c);
++	if (cs->read_event == NULL)
++		fatalx("out of memory");
+ 	bufferevent_enable(cs->read_event, EV_READ);
+
+ 	if (c->flags & CLIENT_CONTROLCONTROL)
+@@ -782,6 +784,8 @@ control_start(struct client *c)
+ 	else {
+ 		cs->write_event = bufferevent_new(c->out_fd, NULL,
+ 		    control_write_callback, control_error_callback, c);
++		if (cs->write_event == NULL)
++			fatalx("out of memory");
+ 	}
+ 	bufferevent_setwatermark(cs->write_event, EV_WRITE, CONTROL_BUFFER_LOW,
+ 	    0);
+diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
+index b2f155fe..04a907bf 100644
+--- a/file.c
++++ b/file.c
+@@ -585,6 +585,8 @@ file_write_open(struct client_files *files, struct tmuxpeer *peer,
+
+ 	cf->event = bufferevent_new(cf->fd, NULL, file_write_callback,
+ 	    file_write_error_callback, cf);
++	if (cf->event == NULL)
++		fatalx("out of memory");
+ 	bufferevent_enable(cf->event, EV_WRITE);
+ 	goto reply;
+
+@@ -744,6 +746,8 @@ file_read_open(struct client_files *files, struct tmuxpeer *peer,
+
+ 	cf->event = bufferevent_new(cf->fd, file_read_callback, NULL,
+ 	    file_read_error_callback, cf);
++	if (cf->event == NULL)
++		fatalx("out of memory");
+ 	bufferevent_enable(cf->event, EV_READ);
+ 	return;
+
+diff --git a/window.c b/window.c
+index c0cd9bdc..294a1f08 100644
+--- a/window.c
++++ b/window.c
+@@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ window_pane_set_event(struct window_pane *wp)
+
+ 	wp->event = bufferevent_new(wp->fd, window_pane_read_callback,
+ 	    NULL, window_pane_error_callback, wp);
++	if (wp->event == NULL)
++		fatalx("out of memory");
+ 	wp->ictx = input_init(wp, wp->event, &wp->palette);
+
+ 	bufferevent_enable(wp->event, EV_READ|EV_WRITE);
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tmux/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tmux/default.nix
index 139cadc70642c..38cc9f85b4413 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/tmux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tmux/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, autoreconfHook
-, bison
-, libevent
-, ncurses
-, pkg-config
-, withSystemd ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemd, systemd
-, withUtf8proc ? true, utf8proc # gets Unicode updates faster than glibc
-, withUtempter ? stdenv.isLinux && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl, libutempter
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  bison,
+  libevent,
+  ncurses,
+  pkg-config,
+  withSystemd ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemd,
+  systemd,
+  withUtf8proc ? true,
+  utf8proc, # gets Unicode updates faster than glibc
+  withUtempter ? stdenv.isLinux && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl,
+  libutempter,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -26,7 +30,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "tmux";
   version = "3.3a";
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "man"
+  ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tmux";
@@ -35,6 +42,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-SygHxTe7N4y7SdzKixPFQvqRRL57Fm8zWYHfTpW+yVY=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./CVE-2022-47016.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     autoreconfHook
@@ -44,14 +55,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     ncurses
     libevent
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withSystemd [ systemd ]
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withSystemd [ systemd ]
   ++ lib.optionals withUtf8proc [ utf8proc ]
   ++ lib.optionals withUtempter [ libutempter ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
     "--localstatedir=/var"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withSystemd [ "--enable-systemd" ]
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withSystemd [ "--enable-systemd" ]
   ++ lib.optionals withUtempter [ "--enable-utempter" ]
   ++ lib.optionals withUtf8proc [ "--enable-utf8proc" ];
 
@@ -80,6 +93,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/tmux/tmux/raw/${version}/CHANGES";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thammers fpletz SuperSandro2000 srapenne ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      thammers
+      fpletz
+      SuperSandro2000
+      srapenne
+    ];
   };
 }