Bug 2036129 (CVE-2021-4187)

Summary:	CVE-2021-4187 vim: use-after-free vulnerability
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bdettelb, caswilli, dhalasz, fjansen, gchamoul, jburrell, jwong, karsten, kaycoth, micjohns, sthirugn, vkrizan, vkumar, vmugicag, zdohnal
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	vim 8.2.3923	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in vim. A possible use after free vulnerability could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2036130, 2036160
Bug Blocks:	2035932

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-12-29 20:38:45 UTC

Vim is vulnerable to use-after-free.

Reference:
https://huntr.dev/bounties/a8bee03a-6e2e-43bf-bee3-4968c5386a2e

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4bf1006cae7e87259ccd5219128c3dba75774441

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-12-29 20:39:27 UTC

Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2036130]