High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3928
CVE-2021-3928
Description
vim is vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable
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Affected products
42- osv-coords40 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.0pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1+ 39 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.0814-17.9.1
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- github.com/vim/vim/commit/15d9890eee53afc61eb0a03b878a19cb5672f732nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- huntr.dev/bounties/29c3ebd2-d601-481c-bf96-76975369d0cdnvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.htmlnvdMitigationThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCQWPEY2AEYBELCMJYHYWYCD3PZVD2H7/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PGW56Z6IN4UVM3E5RXXF4G7LGGTRBI5C/nvd
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