VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-4173
vim is vulnerable to Use After Free
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.62%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
vim is vulnerable to Use After Free
- 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
- 1.62% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- vim/vim · fedoraproject/fedora · apple/mac os x · apple/macos
- Source
- security@huntr.dev
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9c23f9bb5fe435b28245ba8ac65aa0ca6b902c04Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/a1b236b9-89fb-4ccf-9689-ba11b471e766Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2EY2VFBU3YGGWI5BW4XKT3F37MYGEQUD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3FH2J57GDA2WMBS6J56F6QQRA6BXQQFZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213343Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9c23f9bb5fe435b28245ba8ac65aa0ca6b902c04Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/a1b236b9-89fb-4ccf-9689-ba11b471e766Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2EY2VFBU3YGGWI5BW4XKT3F37MYGEQUD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3FH2J57GDA2WMBS6J56F6QQRA6BXQQFZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213343Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.