CVE-2019-20079

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20079
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-20079.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-20079
Downstream
Published
2019-12-30T01:15:12.290Z
Modified
2026-04-16T00:09:37.344685439Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Database specific 
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            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
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                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "19.10"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/vim/vim

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/vim/vim
Events
Introduced
a27e1dcddc9e3914ab34b164f71c51b72903b00b
Fixed
ec66c41d84e574baf8009dbc0bd088d2bc5b2421
Database specific 
{
    "source": [
        "CPE_FIELD",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "8.1.2121"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "8.1.2136"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
}

Affected versions

v8.*
v8.1.2121
v8.1.2122
v8.1.2123
v8.1.2124
v8.1.2125
v8.1.2126
v8.1.2127
v8.1.2128
v8.1.2129
v8.1.2130
v8.1.2131
v8.1.2132
v8.1.2133
v8.1.2134
v8.1.2135

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-20079.json"
vanir_signatures 
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-04-11T21:01:52Z"