CVE-2021-4173

Summary

CVECVE-2021-4173
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-27 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:40:00 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 Apple Macos All All All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 All All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2020-001 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-001 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-002 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-003 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-004 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-005 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-006 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-007 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2021-008 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2022-001 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2022-002 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2022-003 All All
Operating System Apple Macos 10.15.7 security_update_2022-004 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 All 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_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_2021-004 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.15.7 security_update_2021-005 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 Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.4006-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
huntr – the Bug Bounty Platform for any GitHub repository CONFIRM huntr.dev
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
oss-security - Re: 3 new CVE's in vim MLIST www.openwall.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-03-14-4 macOS Monterey 12.3 FULLDISC seclists.org
Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-32) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.4068-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: vim-8.2.4068-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 FULLDISC seclists.org
About the security content of Security Update 2022-005 Catalina - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
patch 8.2.3902: Vim9: double free with nested :def function · vim/vim@9c23f9b · GitHub MISC github.com
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.3 - Apple Support (PH) CONFIRM support.apple.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-07-20-4 Security Update 2022-005 Catalina FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: vim-8.2.4006-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183318 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2021-4173)
  • 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)
  • 900499 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (7076)
  • 901928 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (7084-1)
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