CVE-2019-20807
In Vim before 8.1.0881, users can circumvent the rvim restricted mode and execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting interfaces (e.g., Python, Ruby, or Lua).
02 Description
In Vim before 8.1.0881, users can circumvent the rvim restricted mode and execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting interfaces (e.g., Python, Ruby, or Lua).
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 41.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-05-28 13:05Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 02:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-05-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 27bfec639c1117742f20934ca3ae56c63cc4aee8b64d0e8336667cc04e31ce56
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.1.0881
- github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8c62a08faf89663e5633dc5036cd8695c80f1075
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0794http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00018.html
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289
- seclists.org20200717 APPLE-SA-2020-07-15-2 macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierrahttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/24
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4582-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4582-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2876-1] vim security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00003.html
- www.starwindsoftware.comhttps://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220812-0003/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vim Fixed in 2:8.1.2136-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vim Fixed in 2:8.1.2136-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vim Fixed in 2:8.1.2136-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- vim Fixed in 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- vim Fixed in 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- vim Fixed in 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm4Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.