CVE-2021-3872

Publication date 19 October 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vim	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2:8.2.3565-1ubuntu2
	21.10 impish	Fixed 2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu3.1
	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 2:8.2.2434-1ubuntu1.2
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.4
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-5147-1
Vim vulnerabilities
15 November 2021

Other references