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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.89% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-VIM-17966594
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • 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 Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.