High severity · published Dec 1, 2021
CVE-2021-4019
vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow
7.8
CVSS
1.9%
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)1.9% · higher than 80% 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; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35 · source: NVD
NE
Neovim · Neovim
before 0.7.0 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 8.2.3669 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4019
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4019
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/bd228fd097b41a798f90944b5d1245eddd484142
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/d8798584-a6c9-4619-b18f-001b9a6fca92
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html
Broken Link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DRPAI5JVZLI7WHWSBR6NWAPBQAYUQREW/
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