VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-3928
vim is vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.64%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
vim is vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.64% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-457, CWE-908
- Affected
- vim/vim · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@huntr.dev
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/15d9890eee53afc61eb0a03b878a19cb5672f732Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/29c3ebd2-d601-481c-bf96-76975369d0cdExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.htmlMitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCQWPEY2AEYBELCMJYHYWYCD3PZVD2H7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PGW56Z6IN4UVM3E5RXXF4G7LGGTRBI5C/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/15d9890eee53afc61eb0a03b878a19cb5672f732Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/29c3ebd2-d601-481c-bf96-76975369d0cdExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.htmlMitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCQWPEY2AEYBELCMJYHYWYCD3PZVD2H7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PGW56Z6IN4UVM3E5RXXF4G7LGGTRBI5C/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.