Use After Free Affecting vim-filesystem package, versions <2:8.2.4006-1.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-VIMFILESYSTEM-2349241
  • published21 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Dec 2021

Introduced: 6 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-4069  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 vim-filesystem to version 2:8.2.4006-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1743.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-filesystem package and not the vim-filesystem package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

CVSS Scores

version 3.1