Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-4136
StatePUBLISHED
Assigner@huntrdev
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-19 17:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 22:17:14 UTC
Descriptionvim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-122 | CWE-787 | CWE-122 CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0[email protected]Secondary7.3HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
3.0CNADECLARED7.3HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 - All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2020 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2020-001 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2020-005 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2020-007 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-001 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-002 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-003 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-006 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-007 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-008 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2022-001 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2022-002 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2022-003 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2022-004 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 supplemental_update 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Vim Vim/vim affected unspecified 8.2.3846 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.4068-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.3 - Apple Support (PH) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-07-20-4 Security Update 2022-005 Catalina af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: 3 new CVE's in vim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
About the security content of Security Update 2022-005 Catalina - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.4006-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
patch 8.2.3847: illegal memory access when using a lambda with an error · vim/vim@605ec91 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-03-14-4 macOS Monterey 12.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
huntr – the Bug Bounty Platform for any GitHub repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 huntr.dev Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.4068-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.4006-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 184985 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2021-4136)
  • 282219 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-a3d70b50f0)
  • 282279 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2022-48b86d586f)
  • 296063 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 45.119.2 Missing (CPUAPR2022)
  • 353117 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2022-1557
  • 353120 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2022-1743
  • 354382 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2022-2022-014
  • 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
  • 376485 Apple MacOS Monterey 12.3 Not Installed (HT213183)
  • 376608 Apple MacOS Big Sur 11.6.6 Not Installed (HT213256)
  • 376739 Apple macOS Security Update 2022-005 Catalina (HT213343)
  • 500730 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 503065 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 503333 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 503407 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 503496 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 503523 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 503571 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 503608 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 503639 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 503658 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 505951 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 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)
  • 900376 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (7051)
  • 901464 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (7057-1)

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