Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU30494

#VU30494 Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2019-20079

Published: December 30, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU30494

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20079

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Vim

Software vendor:
Vim.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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

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