| Name | CVE-2020-20703 |
| Description | Buffer Overflow vulnerability in VIM v.8.1.2135 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the operand parameter. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vim (PTS) | buster | 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2 | fixed |
| trixie | 2:9.1.0016-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2:9.1.0377-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vim | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| vim | source | (unstable) | 2:8.1.2136-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - vim <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/5041
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ec66c41d84e574baf8009dbc0bd088d2bc5b2421