VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-4193
vim is vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.89%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
vim is vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.89% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- vim/vim · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · apple/mac os x · apple/macos
- Source
- security@huntr.dev
EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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/94f3192b03ed27474db80b4d3a409e107140738bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/92c1940d-8154-473f-84ce-0de43b0c2eb0Exploit, Patch, 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/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/94f3192b03ed27474db80b4d3a409e107140738bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/92c1940d-8154-473f-84ce-0de43b0c2eb0Exploit, Patch, 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/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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.