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CVE-2021-4166: vim before 8.2.3884 (exclusive); +8 more affected products
CVE-2021-4166. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.1 (HIGH, NVD). EPSS 0.01578 (percentile 0.74741), scored 2026-10-08.
Affected technology
vim · before 8.2.3884 (exclusive)
vim
enterprise linux · 8.0
redhat
factory · Version not applicable in the source CPE
opensuse
linux enterprise · 12.0
suse
linux enterprise · 15.0
suse
debian linux · 9.0
debian
debian linux · 10.0
debian
debian linux · 11.0
debian
fedora · 34
fedoraproject
fedora · 35
fedoraproject
mac os x · 10.15.7
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2020-001
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2021-001
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2021-002
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2021-003
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2021-004
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2021-005
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2021-006
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2021-007
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2021-008
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2022-001
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2022-002
apple
mac os x · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2022-003
apple
macos · before 12.3 (exclusive)
apple
macos · from 11.0 (inclusive), before 11.6.6 (exclusive)
apple
macos · 10.15.7 · update security_update_2022-004
apple
vim/vim · unspecified to before 8.2
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 7.1/10) rates confidentiality and availability impact as high; integrity impact as none. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CWE
- CWE-125
- CCR priority
- 28.8 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.01578 · percentile 0.74741 · 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-2021-4166.html