CVE-2021-4173
Use After Free in vim/vim
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.8 Medium
- Published
- Dec 27, 2021
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 26, 2021
Description
vim is vulnerable to Use After Free
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 6.8 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H | @huntrdev |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
vim/vimvim |
|
References
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/a1b236b9-89fb-4ccf-9689-ba11b471e766
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9c23f9bb5fe435b28245ba8ac65aa0ca6b902c04
- FEDORA-2022-a3d70b50f0vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20220114 Re: 3 new CVE's in vimmailing-list
- FEDORA-2022-48b86d586fvendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183
- 20220314 APPLE-SA-2022-03-14-4 macOS Monterey 12.3mailing-list
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256
- 20220516 APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6.6mailing-list
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213343
- 20220721 APPLE-SA-2022-07-20-4 Security Update 2022-005 Catalinamailing-list
- GLSA-202208-32vendor-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
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