CVE-2021-3984

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3984
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-01 11:15:00 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 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patch 8.2.3625: illegal memory access when C-indenting · vim/vim@2de9b7c · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3182-1] vim security update MLIST lists.debian.org
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
[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
Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability found 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

  • 159623 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (ELSA-2022-0366)
  • 179126 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 2947-1)
  • 181198 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 3182-1)
  • 183545 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2021-3984)
  • 198647 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-5247-1)
  • 240055 Red Hat Update for vim (RHSA-2022:0366)
  • 282117 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2021-b0ac29efb1)
  • 296061 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 42.113.1 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 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
  • 377370 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for vim (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0011)
  • 500728 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 504502 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 671346 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1283)
  • 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)
  • 671650 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2022-1769)
  • 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)
  • 900378 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (6289)
  • 901025 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (6948-1)
  • 940444 AlmaLinux Security Update for vim (ALSA-2022:0366)
  • 960107 Rocky Linux Security Update for vim (RLSA-2022:366)
  • 960721 Rocky Linux Security Update for vim (RLSA-2022:0366)
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