CVE-2021-4069

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
vim	vim/vim	>= unspecified, < 8.2

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e031fe90cf2e375ce861ff5e5e281e4ad229ebb9Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/0efd6d23-2259-4081-9ff1-3ade26907d74Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYB2LLNUFJUKJJ5HYCZ6MV3Z6YX3U5BN/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e031fe90cf2e375ce861ff5e5e281e4ad229ebb9Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/0efd6d23-2259-4081-9ff1-3ade26907d74Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYB2LLNUFJUKJJ5HYCZ6MV3Z6YX3U5BN/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 6, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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