CVE-2021-3778

HIGH

vim - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References (9)

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/01/1

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/65b605665997fad54ef39a93199e305af2fe4d7f

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://huntr.dev/bounties/d9c17308-2c99-4f9f-a706-f7f72c24c273

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00003.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221118-0003/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7K4JJBIH3OQSZRVTWKCJCDLGMFGQ5DOH/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S42L4Z4DTW4LHLQ4FJ33VEOXRCBE7WN4/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TE62UMYBZE4AE53K6OBBWK32XQ7544QM/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0038

EPSS Percentile 59.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-122 CWE-787

Status published

Affected Products (6)

vim/vim < 8.2.3409

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

debian/debian_linux

netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility

Timeline

Published Sep 15, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026