Description

vim is vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 5, 2021, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:38 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-3928 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-3928 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Vim vim

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : Feb. 13, 2021, 12:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-3928 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-3928 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference huntr.dev https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PGW56Z6IN4UVM3E5RXXF4G7LGGTRBI5C/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference huntr.dev https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCQWPEY2AEYBELCMJYHYWYCD3PZVD2H7/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference huntr.dev https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference huntr.dev https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PGW56Z6IN4UVM3E5RXXF4G7LGGTRBI5C/
    Removed Reference huntr.dev https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BCQWPEY2AEYBELCMJYHYWYCD3PZVD2H7/
    Removed Reference huntr.dev https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 21, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 15, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 13, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CWE NIST CWE-908
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 04, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description vim is vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow vim is vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable
    Removed CWE huntr.dev CWE-121
    Added CWE huntr.dev CWE-457
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 24, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BCQWPEY2AEYBELCMJYHYWYCD3PZVD2H7/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BCQWPEY2AEYBELCMJYHYWYCD3PZVD2H7/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 18, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BCQWPEY2AEYBELCMJYHYWYCD3PZVD2H7/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PGW56Z6IN4UVM3E5RXXF4G7LGGTRBI5C/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PGW56Z6IN4UVM3E5RXXF4G7LGGTRBI5C/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PGW56Z6IN4UVM3E5RXXF4G7LGGTRBI5C/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/15d9890eee53afc61eb0a03b878a19cb5672f732 No Types Assigned https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/15d9890eee53afc61eb0a03b878a19cb5672f732 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://huntr.dev/bounties/29c3ebd2-d601-481c-bf96-76975369d0cd No Types Assigned https://huntr.dev/bounties/29c3ebd2-d601-481c-bf96-76975369d0cd Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.2.3582
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-3928 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-3928 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.19929

percentile

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