CVE-2021-3973
Published: 19 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-3973 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 41.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-27178
Vulnerability details
vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.