NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting vim package, versions <2:8.1.0693-1


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.26% (65th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-VIM-530072
  • published 24 Feb 2019
  • disclosed 24 Feb 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 vim to version 2:8.1.0693-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim package and not the vim package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

libvterm through 0+bzr726, as used in Vim and other products, mishandles certain out-of-memory conditions, leading to a denial of service (application crash), related to screen.c, state.c, and vterm.c.