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🛡️ CLSA-2021-1639681874 — vim (CVE-2021-3984 +4 more)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Fix CVE(s): CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-3973, CVE-2021-3974, CVE-2021-4019, CVE-2021-4069

  • SECURITY UPDATE: Using freed memory with regexp using a mark
  • debian/patches/CVE-2021-3974.patch: Get the line again after

getting the mark position

  • CVE-2021-3974
  • SECURITY UPDATE: Illegal memory access when C-indenting
  • debian/patches/CVE-2021-3984.patch: Also set the cursor column
  • CVE-2021-3984
  • SECURITY UPDATE: Crash when using CTRL-W f without finding a file name
  • debian/patches/CVE-2021-3973.patch: Bail out when the file name length

is zero

  • CVE-2021-3973
  • SECURITY UPDATE: Buffer overflow with long help argument
  • debian/patches/CVE-2021-4019.patch: Use snprintf
  • CVE-2021-4019
  • SECURITY UPDATE: Using freed memory in open command
  • debian/patches/CVE-2021-4069.patch: Make a copy of the current line
  • CVE-2021-4069

Affected software

CLSA-2021-1639681874 is recorded against 16 packages.

  • vim (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-athena (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-athena-py2 (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-common (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-doc (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-gnome (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-gnome-py2 (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-gtk (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-gtk-py2 (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-gtk3 (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-gtk3-py2 (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-gui-common (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-nox (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-nox-py2 (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-runtime (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)
  • vim-tiny (fixed in 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4)

Timeline and source

Published on 16 December 2021 and last revised on 4 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

errata.cloudlinux.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

vim has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2021-12-16
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
vim — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-athena — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-athena-py2 — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-common — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-doc — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-gnome — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-gnome-py2 — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-gtk — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-gtk-py2 — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-gtk3 — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-gtk3-py2 — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-gui-common — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-nox — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-nox-py2 — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-runtime — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4
vim-tiny — 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els4

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