CVE-2021-3796

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3796
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-15 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:38:00 UTC
Descriptionvim is vulnerable to Use After Free

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patch 8.2.3428: using freed memory when replacing · vim/vim@35a9a00 · GitHub MISC github.com
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: vim-8.2.3512-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2021-3796 Vim Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.3512-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.3512-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.3512-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: vim-8.2.3512-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2876-1] vim security update MLIST lists.debian.org
oss-security - 3 new CVE's in vim MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.3512-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
huntr: Use After Free Vim script Vulnerability in vim CONFIRM huntr.dev
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159522 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (ELSA-2021-4517)
  • 178990 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 2876-1)
  • 180234 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2021-3796)
  • 198522 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-5093-1)
  • 239846 Red Hat Update for vim (RHSA-2021:4517)
  • 281990 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2021-968f57ec98)
  • 282009 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2021-84f4cf3244)
  • 296061 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 42.113.1 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 353078 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2021-1728
  • 354402 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2021-001
  • 377350 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for vim (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0031)
  • 500725 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 504499 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 671163 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2021-2817)
  • 671170 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2021-2921)
  • 671175 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2021-2913)
  • 671183 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2021-2937)
  • 671261 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1193)
  • 671281 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1236)
  • 671322 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1217)
  • 710607 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32)
  • 751791 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:0736-1)
  • 751809 OpenSUSE Security Update for vim (openSUSE-SU-2022:0736-1)
  • 752246 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:2102-1)
  • 753066 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1)
  • 900344 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (5493)
  • 940225 AlmaLinux Security Update for vim (ALSA-2021:4517)
  • 960081 Rocky Linux Security Update for vim (RLSA-2021:4517)
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