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Use After Free Affecting vim-minimal package, versions <2:8.2.4006-1.amzn2.0.1

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.1% (40th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high
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SUSE
7 high
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Red Hat
2.9 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-VIMMINIMAL-2349223
  • published 21 Jan 2022
  • disclosed 19 Nov 2021
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Introduced: 19 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-3974 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 vim-minimal to version 2:8.2.4006-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1743.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-minimal package and not the vim-minimal package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

vim is vulnerable to Use After Free

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