CVE-2021-3236

Exp

vim 8.2.2348 is affected by null pointer dereference, allows local attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via the ex_buffer_all method.

Published: 2023-08-11 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-3236 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2021-3236

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-3236

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.27% +0.25%
2 2025-03-17 0.05% 0.02% -0.03%
3 2025-01-21 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-3236

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-3236

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-3236

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2021-3236 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vim), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3236
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3236
suse low CVE-2021-3236 severity low: SUSE including 6 source package names (gvim, vim, vim-data, vim-data-common, vim-small, xxd), 158 product×package rows across 39 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, … (39 product lines)): Known Not Affected 158. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3236/
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-3236 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vim), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3236

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-3236

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vim vim 8.2.2348 cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:8.2.2348:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-3236

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