Published: 19/11/2021 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 829

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

It exists that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and editing certain files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3984)

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Debian Bug report logs - #1001899 vim: CVE-2021-3973 Package: src:vim; Maintainer for src:vim is Debian Vim Maintainers <team+vim@trackerdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 16:51:01 UTC Severity: important Tags: security, upstream Found in versions vim/2:82243 ...

Several security issues were fixed in Vim ...

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3903) A flaw was found in vim A possible heap-based buffer overflow could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability (CVE-2021-3 ...

A flaw was found in vim A possible heap-based buffer overflow could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability (CVE-2021-3778) A use-after-free vulnerability in vim could allow an attack ...

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow ...

Vim before version 823611 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow when using CTRL-W f without finding a file name ...

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3903) A flaw was found in vim A possible heap-based buffer overflow could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability (CVE-2021-3 ...

oss-sec mailing list archives   By Date By Thread </form>    Re: 3 new CVE's in vim   From: Alan Coopersmith <alancoopersmith () o ...

CWE-122 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/615ddd5342b50a6878a907062aa471740bd9a847 https://huntr.dev/bounties/ce6e8609-77c6-4e17-b9fc-a2e5abed052e http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IH2LS2DXBTYOCWGAKFMBF3HTWWXPBEFL/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1001899 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5247-1 https://nvd.nist.gov

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