CVE-2021-3875
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
02 Description
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-10-15 13:40Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 17:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-10-09
- Assigning CNA
- @huntrdev
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b7a0447249b39e2bbbacfebd58e33dab4f40145753dfb9c87989bcef5778d6ff
05 Affected products
06 References
- huntr.devhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/5cdbc168-6ba1-4bc2-ba6c-28be12166a53
- github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/35a319b77f897744eec1155b736e9372c9c5575f
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-84f4cf3244https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S42L4Z4DTW4LHLQ4FJ33VEOXRCBE7WN4/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-6988830606https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7K4JJBIH3OQSZRVTWKCJCDLGMFGQ5DOH/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220114 Re: 3 new CVE's in vimhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-32https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- gvim Fixed in 8.2.3582-1
- vim Fixed in 8.2.3582-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- vim Fixed in 2:8.2.3565-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vim Fixed in 2:8.2.3565-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vim Fixed in 2:8.2.3565-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- vim Fixed in 2:8.2.3565-1ubuntu2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.