CVE-2021-3770

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

vim es vulnerable a un Desbordamiento del Búfer en la región Heap de la memoria.

Brian Carpenter discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.04. Brian Carpenter discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-09-05 CVE Reserved
2021-09-06 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221124-0003	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://huntr.dev/bounties/016ad2f2-07c1-4d14-a8ce-6eed10729365	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/01/1	2023-11-07
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b7081e135a16091c93f6f5f7525a5c58fb7ca9f9	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J2CJLY3CF55I2ULG2X4ENXLSXAXYW5J4	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X4FFQARG3LGREPDZRI4C7ERQL3RJKEWQ	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZFNTMVZCN4TRTTCAXRLVQ7H2P7FYAIZQ	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vim Search vendor "Vim"		Vim Search vendor "Vim" for product "Vim"				< 8.2.3408 Search vendor "Vim" for product "Vim" and version " < 8.2.3408"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				34 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "34"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility"				-		-		Affected