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CVE-2021-4193

vim: out-of-bound read in getvcol()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 31, 2021

Updated · July 3, 2026

Description

It was found that vim was vulnerable to an out-of-bound read flaw in getvcol(). A specially crafted file could be used to, when opened in vim, disclose some of the process's internal memory.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read