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CVE-2021-3872

Description

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in vim's drawscreen.c win_redr_status() function. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user to open a crafted file with specific arguments in vim, triggering an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, and system availability. #### Mitigation Since this flaw requires user interaction, mitigation is to not open files from untrusted sources using vim.


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