CVE-2019-20079 — Use After Free in VIM

CWE-416 — Use After Free10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
VIMDebian VIMCanonical Ubuntu Linux+3 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Latest updateMay 24

Description

The autocmd feature in window.c in Vim before 8.1.2136 accesses freed memory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

▶NVDvim/vim8.1.2121 — 8.1.2136
▶debiandebian/vim< vim 2:8.1.2136-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianvim/vim< 2:8.1.2136-1+3
▶Ubuntuvim/vim< 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4+2

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-m46q-8w93-c76v: The autocmd feature in window↗2022-05-24
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OSV
vim vulnerabilities↗2020-03-23
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OSV
CVE-2019-20079: The autocmd feature in window↗2019-12-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Vim vulnerabilities↗2020-03-23
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Microsoft
The autocmd feature in window.c in Vim before 8.1.2136 accesses freed memory.↗2019-12-10
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Red Hat
vim: Use after free in window.c↗2019-10-10
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Debian
CVE-2019-20079: vim - The autocmd feature in window.c in Vim before 8.1.2136 accesses freed memory.↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-20079 vim: Use after free in window.c [fedora-all]↗2020-01-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-20079 vim: Use after free in window.c↗2020-01-09
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