CVE-2021-4069

Publication date 6 December 2021

Last updated 21 August 2024

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vim	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Fixed 2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu3.2
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.6
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.8
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm4 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17 Ubuntu Pro

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
vim	Upstream: e031fe9

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-5247-1
Vim vulnerabilities
27 January 2022

USN-5433-1
Vim vulnerabilities
23 May 2022

USN-6965-1
Vim vulnerabilities
21 August 2024

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4069