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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.97% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-VIM-337972
  • published24 Feb 2019
  • disclosed24 Feb 2019

Introduced: 24 Feb 2019

CVE-2018-20786  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable 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.