CVE-2021-3973

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3973
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-19 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:38:00 UTC
Descriptionvim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-122

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: 3 new CVE's in vim MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.3755-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
huntr – the Bug Bounty Platform for any GitHub repository CONFIRM huntr.dev
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.3642-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2947-1] vim security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.3755-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.3642-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
patch 8.2.3611: crash when using CTRL-W f without finding a file name · vim/vim@615ddd5 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179126 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 2947-1)
  • 181882 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2021-3973)
  • 198647 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-5247-1)
  • 282117 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2021-b0ac29efb1)
  • 282141 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2021-5cd9df120e)
  • 296061 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 42.113.1 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 353078 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2021-1728
  • 353117 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-1557
  • 353120 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2022-1743
  • 354406 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2021-005
  • 354497 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-155
  • 354585 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-155
  • 355135 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2023-2023-098
  • 500728 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 504502 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 671387 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1297)
  • 671390 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1313)
  • 671495 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1470)
  • 671517 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1479)
  • 710607 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32)
  • 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)
  • 900359 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (6234)
  • 901939 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (6946-1)
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