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CVE-2021-3903 (GCVE-0-2021-3903)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-27 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:09
VLAI
Title
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
Summary
vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 8.2.3564 (custom)
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