Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2019-20079

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

  • Published: Dec 30, 2019
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2019-20079
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
vim / vim 8.1.2121 8.1.2136
canonical / ubuntu_linux 16.04 16.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 12.04 12.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 18.04 18.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04 14.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 19.10 19.10.x