Bug 2021292 (CVE-2021-3928) - CVE-2021-3928 vim: stack-based buffer overflow in spell_iswordp() in spell.c
Summary: CVE-2021-3928 vim: stack-based buffer overflow in spell_iswordp() in spell.c
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2021-3928
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2021293 2021426
Blocks: 2021294
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-11-08 18:16 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2021-11-12 07:33 UTC (History)
18 users (show)

Fixed In Version: vim 8.2.3582
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A flaw was found in vim. A possible stack-based buffer overflow could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a 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: 2021-11-10 11:23:41 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-11-08 18:16:59 UTC 
vim is vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflow.

Reference:
https://huntr.dev/bounties/29c3ebd2-d601-481c-bf96-76975369d0cd

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/15d9890eee53afc61eb0a03b878a19cb5672f732
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-11-08 18:17:16 UTC 
Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2021293]
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