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CVE-2021-3973: vim before 8.2.3611 (exclusive); +3 more affected products

CVE-2021-3973. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, NVD). EPSS 0.01786 (percentile 0.77655), scored 2026-10-08.

Affected technology

vim · before 8.2.3611 (exclusive)
vim

fedora · 34
fedoraproject

fedora · 35
fedoraproject

debian linux · 9.0
debian

vim/vim · unspecified to before 8.2.3611
vim

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · No privileges required · User interaction required

What an attacker can do

NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published 2026-10-09 03:15:27.740945+00:00

CWE: CWE-122, CWE-787
CCR priority: 31.6 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · NVD
EPSS: 0.01786 · percentile 0.77655 · 2026-10-08
KEV: no

Provenance

GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-09 03:17:07.463462+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-09 03:13:32.966430+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2021-3973.html