VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2021-4019
vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.79%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.79% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Affected
- neovim/neovim · 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/bd228fd097b41a798f90944b5d1245eddd484142Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/d8798584-a6c9-4619-b18f-001b9a6fca92Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.htmlMailing List, 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/DRPAI5JVZLI7WHWSBR6NWAPBQAYUQREW/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- 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/bd228fd097b41a798f90944b5d1245eddd484142Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/d8798584-a6c9-4619-b18f-001b9a6fca92Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DRPAI5JVZLI7WHWSBR6NWAPBQAYUQREW/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.