Use After Free Affecting vim-common-debuginfo package, versions <2:8.0.1763-16.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-VIMCOMMONDEBUGINFO-3206305
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed15 Sept 2021

Introduced: 15 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-3796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 vim-common-debuginfo to version 2:8.0.1763-16.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:4517.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-common-debuginfo package and not the vim-common-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

CVSS Scores

version 3.1