CVE-2019-20079

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
2019-12-30T01:15:12Z
Modified
2026-08-18T13:15:35Z
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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            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "12.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "12.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "19.10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "19.10"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/vim/vim

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/vim/vim
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "8.1.2121"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "8.1.2136"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

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
"2026-08-18T13:15:35Z"