CVE-2021-4019 (GCVE-0-2021-4019)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-01 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:33
VLAI?
Title
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
Summary
vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 8.2.3669 (custom)
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