High severity · published Sep 15, 2021
CVE-2021-3778
vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow
7.8
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33; 34; 35 · source: NVD
OS
Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 8.2.3409 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3778
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3778
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/01/1
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/65b605665997fad54ef39a93199e305af2fe4d7f
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/d9c17308-2c99-4f9f-a706-f7f72c24c273
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00003.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7K4JJBIH3OQSZRVTWKCJCDLGMFGQ5DOH/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S42L4Z4DTW4LHLQ4FJ33VEOXRCBE7WN4/
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