CVE-2021-4069: vim vim/vim

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
vim	vim/vim	affected unspecified to before 8.2 custom

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.3	High	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H	CNA (@huntrdev)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.014, the 72nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 6 Dec 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2021-4069
NVD: CVE-2021-4069

References from the CNA

huntr.dev/bounties/0efd6d23-2259-4081-9ff1-3ade26907d74
github.com/vim/vim/commit/e031fe90cf2e375ce861ff5e5e281e4ad229ebb9
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYB2LLNUFJUKJJ5HYCZ6MV3Z6YX3U5BN/ vendor-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNXY7T5OORA7UJIMGSJBGHFMU6UZWS6P/ vendor-advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/15/1 mailing-list
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html mailing-list
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32 vendor-advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html mailing-list

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.