Use After Free Affecting vim-common package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-VIMCOMMON-1361219
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 7 Jul 2017

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 vim-common.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-common package and not the vim-common package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vim 8.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted source (aka -S) file. NOTE: there might be a limited number of scenarios in which this has security relevance.