What is CVE-2019-14957?

CVE-2019-14957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Vim, classified under CWE-922. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-14957?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jetbrains Vim

CVE-2019-14957

The JetBrains Vim plugin before version 0.52 was storing individual project data in the global vim_settings.xml file. This xml file could be synchronized to a publicly accessible GitHub repository.

Published 2019-10-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jetbrains Vim

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-922

References

blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/09/26/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q2-2019/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14957?: CVE-2019-14957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Vim, classified under CWE-922. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-14957?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.