CVE-2021-4019 describes a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Vim, affecting various distributions including Debian and Fedora. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) can be triggered locally with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into interacting with a malicious file. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 58/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:neovim:neovim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 8.2.3669CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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