CVE-2021-3974

Publication date 19 November 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Fixed in 2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu3.2
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.6
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.8
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed in 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed in 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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