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CVE-2018-20786
n/a n/a — libvterm through 0+bzr726, as used in Vim and other products, mishandles certain out-of-memory conditions, leading to a denial of service…
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U N N H 7.5 .0289 86.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
n/a n/a – —
TIMELINE
Feb 24 Reserved by mitre
Feb 24 Published (CNA: mitre)
Oct 15 ENRICHED — CVE-2018-20786. Received CVSS 7.5 and CPE data from NVD.
Oct 15 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2018-20786. Public exploit reference added.
Description
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| February 24, 2019 | Reserved | Reserved by mitre |
| February 24, 2019 | Published | Published (CNA: mitre) |
| October 15, 2026 | ENRICHED | ENRICHED — CVE-2018-20786. Received CVSS 7.5 and CPE data from NVD. |
| October 15, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2018-20786. Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| n/a | n/a | — | n/a | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2018-20786 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
