Advisory Published

USN-6965-1: Vim vulnerabilities

First published: Wed Aug 21 2024(Updated: )

It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled parsing of filenames in its search functionality. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3973) It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and searching the contents of certain files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3974) It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and editing certain files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-4019, CVE-2021-4069)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
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ubuntu/vim<2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17
2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04

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