It was discovered that Neovim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
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"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
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"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4862-1.json"
{
"cves": [
{
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
"score": "medium"
}
],
"id": "CVE-2019-12735"
}
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}