{"id":"CVE-2019-20079","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-20079","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:39:52.886Z","title":"The autocmd feature in window.c in Vim before 8.1.2136 accesses freed memory.","description":"The autocmd feature in window.c in Vim before 8.1.2136 accesses freed memory.","published":"2019-12-30T01:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:29:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["vim/vim","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01894,"percentile":0.7946,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ec66c41d84e574baf8009dbc0bd088d2bc5b2421","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v8.1.2135...v8.1.2136","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154898","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ec66c41d84e574baf8009dbc0bd088d2bc5b2421","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v8.1.2135...v8.1.2136","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154898","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20079","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}