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CVE-2019-20079

Published: 30 December 2019

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

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
vim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2.1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream
Released (2:8.1.2136-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ec66c41d84e574baf8009dbc0bd088d2bc5b2421

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H