CVE-2019-20079: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 19.10 only
• Vim Vim: from 8.1.2121, before 8.1.2136 (fixed in 8.1.2136)

Published 2019-12-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.