Bug 2004728 (CVE-2021-3796) - CVE-2021-3796 vim: use-after-free in nv_replace() in normal.c
Summary: CVE-2021-3796 vim: use-after-free in nv_replace() in normal.c
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-3796
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2004729 2004973 2004974 2004975 2004976 2006820 2006821 2006823 2006824
Blocks: 2004623
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-09-15 19:55 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2023-09-26 18:23 UTC (History)
21 users (show)

Fixed In Version: vim 8.2.3428
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A use-after-free vulnerability in vim could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash or code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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Last Closed: 2021-12-08 10:04:21 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4517 0 None None None 2021-11-09 19:04:24 UTC

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-09-15 19:55:48 UTC 
vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

Reference:
https://huntr.dev/bounties/ab60b7f3-6fb1-4ac2-a4fa-4d592e08008d

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/35a9a00afcb20897d462a766793ff45534810dc3
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-09-15 19:56:05 UTC 
Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2004729]
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 19:04:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:4517 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4517
Comment 10 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-12-08 10:04:19 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-3796
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