Bug 2036129 (CVE-2021-4187) - CVE-2021-4187 vim: use-after-free vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2021-4187 vim: use-after-free vulnerability
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2021-4187
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2036130 2036160
Blocks: 2035932
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-12-29 20:38 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2023-07-07 08:32 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: vim 8.2.3923
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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.
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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]
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