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CVE-2021-4173

Published: 27 December 2021

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

Notes

AuthorNote
ccdm94
introduced by commit 04b12697838 (>= 8.2.0695). The patch
for this CVE is related to the patch for CVE-2022-0156.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
vim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream
Released (8.2.3902)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9c23f9bb5fe435b28245ba8ac65aa0ca6b902c04

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
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