CVE-2021-4019

Public on 2021-12-01
Modified on 2023-01-18
Description
A flaw was found in vim. A possible heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 vim 2022-01-18 ALAS-2022-1557 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core vim 2022-01-18 ALAS2-2022-1743 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 vim 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-098 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H