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CVE-2021-3872

HIGH

7.8

Description

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published10/19/2021

Last Modified11/3/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxfedoraproject:fedoravim:vim

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122CWE-787

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/826bfe4bbd7594188e3d74d2539d9707b1c6a14b(security@huntr.dev)

https://huntr.dev/bounties/c958013b-1c09-4939-92ca-92f50aa169e8(security@huntr.dev)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html(security@huntr.dev)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7K4JJBIH3OQSZRVTWKCJCDLGMFGQ5DOH/(security@huntr.dev)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S42L4Z4DTW4LHLQ4FJ33VEOXRCBE7WN4/(security@huntr.dev)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32(security@huntr.dev)

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/826bfe4bbd7594188e3d74d2539d9707b1c6a14b(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://huntr.dev/bounties/c958013b-1c09-4939-92ca-92f50aa169e8(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7K4JJBIH3OQSZRVTWKCJCDLGMFGQ5DOH/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S42L4Z4DTW4LHLQ4FJ33VEOXRCBE7WN4/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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