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CVE-2021-4187

Published: 29 December 2021

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

Notes

AuthorNote
ccdm94
introduced by commit 04b12697838 (>= 8.2.0695).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
vim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream
Released (v8.2.3923)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4bf1006cae7e87259ccd5219128c3dba75774441

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H