PT-2021-5357
CVE-2021-3903
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Published
2021-10-24
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Updated
2026-10-16
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
vim (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the vim editor, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This can be achieved by using the
-s parameter in the command line to launch a script. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not available. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
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