{"id":"USN-5093-1","summary":"vim vulnerabilities","details":"Brian Carpenter discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory\nwhen opening certain files. If a user was tricked into opening\na specially crafted file, a remote attacker could crash the\napplication, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-3770)\n\nBrian Carpenter discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory\nwhen opening certain files. If a user was tricked into opening\na specially crafted file, a remote attacker could crash the\napplication, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3778)\n\nDhiraj Mishra discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory\nwhen opening certain files. If a user was tricked into opening\na specially crafted file, a remote attacker could crash the\napplication, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3796)\n","modified":"2026-06-29T13:49:33.290705457Z","published":"2021-09-28T10:46:15Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3770","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3778","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3796"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-3770","CVE-2021-3778","CVE-2021-3796","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3770","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3778","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3796"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5093-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3770"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3778"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3796"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vim","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3"}]}],"versions":["2:7.4.000-1ubuntu2","2:7.4.052-1ubuntu1","2:7.4.052-1ubuntu2","2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3","2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"vim","binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3","binary_name":"vim-athena"},{"binary_name":"vim-common","binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3"},{"binary_name":"vim-gnome","binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3"},{"binary_name":"vim-gtk","binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3"},{"binary_name":"vim-gui-common","binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3"},{"binary_name":"vim-lesstif","binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3","binary_name":"vim-nox"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3","binary_name":"vim-runtime"},{"binary_name":"vim-tiny","binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3"}],"availability":"Available 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