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ubuntu-cve-2018-20786

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2019-02-24 14:29

Modified

2026-05-20 14:50

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20786	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4309-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20786	REPORT

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CVE-2018-20786 (GCVE-0-2018-20786)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-02-24 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:12

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cd929f7ba8cc5b6…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/3711	x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Date Public

2019-02-24 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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usn-4309-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2020-03-23 14:29

Modified

2026-04-27 14:11

Summary

vim vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain sources. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (CVE-2017-11109)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-5953)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.06 LTS. (CVE-2018-20786)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-20079)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-6349, CVE-2017-6350)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4309-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5953	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6349	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6350	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11109	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20786	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20079	REPORT

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    },
    {
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-20786",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
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                  "type": "Ubuntu"
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              ]
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            {
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      },
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          {
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          {
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          {
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        "2:8.0.1401-1ubuntu1",
        "2:8.0.1401-1ubuntu2",
        "2:8.0.1401-1ubuntu3",
        "2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1",
        "2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain sources.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS (CVE-2017-11109)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.\n(CVE-2017-5953)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 16.06 LTS. (CVE-2018-20786)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-20079)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue\nonly affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2017-6349, CVE-2017-6350)\n",
  "id": "USN-4309-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:25Z",
  "published": "2020-03-23T14:29:22Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4309-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5953"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6349"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6350"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11109"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20786"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20079"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "vim vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5953",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6349",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6350",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11109",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20786",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20079"
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

ubuntu-cve-2018-20786

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2018-20786 (GCVE-0-2018-20786)

usn-4309-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature