CVE-2019-20079

Publication date 30 December 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vim	19.10 eoan	Fixed 2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2.1
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
vim	Upstream: ec66c41

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4309-1
Vim vulnerabilities
23 March 2020

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