CVE-2021-3968

Publication date 19 November 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.0 · High

Score breakdown

Description

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

rayveldkamp

vulnerability only exists in current devel (jammy) in v8.2.3565

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.0 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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