CVE-2021-4192: Use After Free in vim

Ubuntu Security Notice 6026-1 - It was discovered that Vim was incorrectly processing Vim buffers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform illegal memory access and expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. It was discovered that Vim was using freed memory when dealing with regular expressions inside a visual selection. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Dell VxRail, versions prior to 7.0.410, contain a Container Escape Vulnerability. A local high-privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary OS commands on the container's underlying OS. Exploitation may lead to a system take over by an attacker.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202208-32 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Vim, the worst of which could result in denial of service. Versions less than 9.0.0060 are affected.

Apple Security Advisory 2022-07-20-4 - Security Update 2022-005 Catalina addresses code execution, information leakage, null pointer, out of bounds read, and out of bounds write vulnerabilities.

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, watchOS 8.6, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6, macOS Monterey 12.3.1, iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

Ubuntu Security Notice 5433-1 - It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled parsing of filenames in its search functionality. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service. It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and searching the contents of certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges.

Apple Security Advisory 2022-05-16-3 - macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 addresses bypass, code execution, denial of service, out of bounds access, out of bounds read, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.