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CVE-2021-3968

Published: 19 November 2021

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Notes

AuthorNote
rayveldkamp
vulnerability only exists in current devel (jammy) in v8.2.3565

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.0

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
vim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

hirsute Not vulnerable

impish Not vulnerable

kinetic Not vulnerable
(2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1)
trusty Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (8.2.3610)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a062006b9de0b2947ab5fb376c6e67ef92a8cd69

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.0
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H