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CVE-2021-3968

8.0 high SSVC exploitation: none Modified

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a062006b9de0b2947ab5fb376c6e67ef92a8cd69 Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/00d62924-a7b4-4a61-ba29-acab2eaa1528 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a062006b9de0b2947ab5fb376c6e67ef92a8cd69 Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/00d62924-a7b4-4a61-ba29-acab2eaa1528 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

2026-10-15 00:45First seenCVSS 8.0 · vim, fedoraprojectNVD modified 2026-10-08 22:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 3

cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 12

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a062006b9de0b2947ab5fb376c6e67ef92a8cd69 Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/00d62924-a7b4-4a61-ba29-acab2eaa1528 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IH2LS2DXBTYOCWGAKFMBF3HTWWXPBEFL/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a062006b9de0b2947ab5fb376c6e67ef92a8cd69 Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/00d62924-a7b4-4a61-ba29-acab2eaa1528 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IH2LS2DXBTYOCWGAKFMBF3HTWWXPBEFL/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 Third Party Advisory