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CVE-2021-3968

Date: November 19, 2021

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Language: C

Severity Score

8.0

Related Resources (14)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3968

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IH2LS2DXBTYOCWGAKFMBF3HTWWXPBEFL/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-3968

Url: https://huntr.dev/bounties/00d62924-a7b4-4a61-ba29-acab2eaa1528

Url: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a062006b9de0b2947ab5fb376c6e67ef92a8cd69

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3968

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3968

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-3968

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IH2LS2DXBTYOCWGAKFMBF3HTWWXPBEFL/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-3968

Severity Score

8.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-122

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.0
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	8.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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