CVE-2019-20079

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-20079
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-30 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-20 16:04:00 UTC
DescriptionThe autocmd feature in window.c in Vim before 8.1.2136 accesses freed memory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patch 8.1.2136: using freed memory with autocmd from fuzzer · vim/vim@ec66c41 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Comparing v8.1.2135...v8.1.2136 · vim/vim · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4309-1: Vim vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
VIM 8.1.2135 Use-After-Free ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296073 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 24.75.2 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
  • 900093 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for vim 8.1.0388
  • 903047 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (2663)
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