How should we interpret CVSS severity scores?

CVSS estimates technical severity, but it does not automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, asset criticality, known exploitation, and whether compensating controls exist. A Medium CVSS on an exposed production system can be more urgent than a Critical on an isolated non-production host.

Vulnerability Database

Q: What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

Q: What's the difference between a vulnerability, an exploit, and a zero-day?

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. Risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Q: Why do vulnerabilities keep reappearing in our environment?

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete asset discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host.

Q: How do we prioritize remediation without burning out the team?

Use a repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress so remediation is steady, not reactive.

Q: How can SynScan help reduce vulnerability risk over time?

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.

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Vulnerabilities for products matching "vim"

Found 4 matching products. Filters apply to all results.

You can search for specific versions with /product/vim/1.2.3

vim / vim

175 vulnerabilities found (with exploits)

Title	Severity	Date	Affected Version
CVE-2021-4192	High	December 31, 2021 12/31/21	< 8.2.3949
CVE-2021-4187	High	December 29, 2021 12/29/21	<= 8.2.3912
CVE-2021-4173	High	December 27, 2021 12/27/21	< 8.2.3902
CVE-2021-4166	High	December 25, 2021 12/25/21	< 8.2.3884
CVE-2021-4136	High	December 19, 2021 12/19/21	< 8.2.3847
CVE-2021-4069	High	December 6, 2021 12/6/21	< 8.2.3741
CVE-2021-3984	High	December 1, 2021 12/1/21	< 8.2.3625
CVE-2021-4019	High	December 1, 2021 12/1/21	< 8.2.3669
CVE-2021-3968	High	November 19, 2021 11/19/21	>= 8.2.3430 < 8.2.3610
CVE-2021-3973	High	November 19, 2021 11/19/21	< 8.2.3611
CVE-2021-3974	High	November 19, 2021 11/19/21	< 8.2.3612
CVE-2021-3927	High	November 5, 2021 11/5/21	< 8.2.3581
CVE-2021-3928	High	November 5, 2021 11/5/21	< 8.2.3582
CVE-2021-3903	High	October 27, 2021 10/27/21	< 8.2.3564
CVE-2021-3872	High	October 19, 2021 10/19/21	< 8.2.3487
CVE-2021-3875	Medium	October 15, 2021 10/15/21	< 8.2.3489
CVE-2021-3796	High	September 15, 2021 9/15/21	< 8.2.3428
CVE-2021-3778	High	September 15, 2021 9/15/21	< 8.2.3409
CVE-2021-3770	High	September 6, 2021 9/6/21	< 8.2.3408
CVE-2019-12735	High	June 5, 2019 6/5/19	< 8.1.1365
CVE-2008-6235	High	February 21, 2009 2/21/09	== 7.1 == 7.0
CVE-2008-3074	High	February 21, 2009 2/21/09	== 7.1.266 == 7.1 == 7.0 == 7.2 == 7.1.314
CVE-2008-3075	High	February 21, 2009 2/21/09	== 7.1.266 == 7.1 == 7.0 == 7.2 == 7.2a.10 == 7.1.314
CVE-2008-3076	High	February 21, 2009 2/21/09	== 7.2a.10
CVE-2008-4101	High	September 18, 2008 9/18/08	== 5.7 == 6.4 == 3.0 == 6.3 == 5.4 == 7.1 == 7.0 <= 7.2 == 5.2 == 5.3 == 5.5 == 6.2 == 5.8 == 6.0 == 5.6 == 6.1 == 5.1 == 5.0 == 4.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.