CVE-2021-3974 (GCVE-0-2021-3974)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-19 00:00
Modified
2026-10-08 21:03
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
vim is vulnerable to Use After Free
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vim vim/vim Version: unspecified   < 8.2.3612
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