High severity · published Nov 5, 2021
CVE-2021-3928
Use of Uninitialized Variable in vim/vim
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
vim is vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
vim/vim · vim
before 8.2.3582 · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33; 34; 35 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 8.2.3582 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3928
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3928
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/15d9890eee53afc61eb0a03b878a19cb5672f732
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/29c3ebd2-d601-481c-bf96-76975369d0cd
Mitigation
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCQWPEY2AEYBELCMJYHYWYCD3PZVD2H7/
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