PT-2019-4533 · Vim+1 · Vim+1

Dhiraj Mishra + 1 · Published 2019-12-29 · Updated 2020-10-20 · CVE-2019-20079

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vim versions prior to 8.1.2136

Description The issue is related to the autocmd feature in Vim, specifically in the window.c file, which accesses freed memory. This could potentially allow a remote attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.1.2136, update to version 8.1.2136 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-00573

CVE-2019-20079

MGASA-2020-0151

USN-4309-1

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Vim

References · 22

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ec66c41d84e574baf8009dbc0bd088d2bc5b2421 · Patch
• https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v8.1.2135...v8.1.2136 · Patch
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-20079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0151 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6350 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20079 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11109 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4309-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20079 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5953 · Vendor Advisory