CVE-2021-4193
Public on 2021-12-31
Modified on 2023-01-18
Description
It was found that vim was vulnerable to an out-of-bound read flaw in getvcol(). A specially crafted file could be used to, when opened in vim, disclose some of the process's internal memory.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
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 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |