CVE-2021-4173 - OpenCVE

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vendors & Products
CPE Configurations

Vendors	Products
Vim	Vim
Apple	Mac Os X Macos
Fedoraproject	Fedora

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:::::::*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-003::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-004::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-005::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-006::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-007::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-008::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2022-001::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2022-002::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2022-003::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.15.7:security_update_2022-004::::::

References

Link	Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/14	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9c23f9bb5fe435b28245ba8ac65aa0ca6b902c04	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/a1b236b9-89fb-4ccf-9689-ba11b471e766	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2EY2VFBU3YGGWI5BW4XKT3F37MYGEQUD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3FH2J57GDA2WMBS6J56F6QQRA6BXQQFZ/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32	Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256	Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213343	Third Party Advisory

History

No history.

MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2021-12-27T12:25:12

Updated: 2022-08-21T05:09:07

Reserved: 2021-12-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-4173

JSON object: View

NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-27T13:15:07.653

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:40:18.087

Link: CVE-2021-4173

JSON object: View

Redhat Information

No data.

CWE

CWE-416

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