| Name | CVE-2021-3984 |
| Description | vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2947-1, DLA-3182-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1001896 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vim (PTS) | bullseye | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:9.1.0861-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vim | source | stretch | 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u5 | | DLA-2947-1 | |
| vim | source | buster | 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u3 | | DLA-3182-1 | |
| vim | source | (unstable) | 2:8.2.3995-1 | unimportant | | 1001896 |
Notes
https://huntr.dev/bounties/b114b5a2-18e2-49f0-b350-15994d71426a
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2de9b7c7c8791da8853a9a7ca9c467867465b655 (v8.2.3625)
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact