CVE-2021-3796 (GCVE-0-2021-3796)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-15 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:09
VLAI
Title
Use After Free in vim/vim
Summary
vim is vulnerable to Use After Free
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , ≤ 8.2.3428 (custom)
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