Vim is a greatly improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi. Vim allows to redirect screen messages using the `:redir` ex command to register, variables and files. It also allows to show the contents of registers using the `:registers` or `:display` ex command. When redirecting the output of `:display` to a register, Vim will free the register content before storing the new content in the register. Now when redirecting the `:display` command to a register that is being displayed, Vim will free the content while shortly afterwards trying to access it, which leads to a use-after-free. Vim pre 9.1.1115 checks in the ex_display() function, that it does not try to redirect to a register while displaying this register at the same time. However this check is not complete, and so Vim does not check the `+` and `*` registers (which typically donate the X11/clipboard registers, and when a clipboard connection is not possible will fall back to use register 0 instead. In Patch 9.1.1115 Vim will therefore skip outputting to register zero when trying to redirect to the clipboard registers `*` or `+`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2827 advisory.

    A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in vim up to 9.1.1096. This vulnerability affects     unknown code of the file src/main.c. The manipulation of the argument --log leads to memory corruption. It     is possible to launch the attack on the local host. Upgrading to version 9.1.1097 is able to address this     issue. The patch is identified as c5654b84480822817bb7b69ebc97c174c91185e9. It is recommended to upgrade     the affected component. (CVE-2025-1215)

    Vim is a greatly improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi. Vim allows to redirect screen messages     using the `:redir` ex command to register, variables and files. It also allows to show the contents of     registers using the `:registers` or `:display` ex command. When redirecting the output of `:display` to a     register, Vim will free the register content before storing the new content in the register. Now when     redirecting the `:display` command to a register that is being displayed, Vim will free the content while     shortly afterwards trying to access it, which leads to a use-after-free. Vim pre 9.1.1115 checks in the     ex_display() function, that it does not try to redirect to a register while displaying this register at     the same time. However this check is not complete, and so Vim does not check the `+` and `*` registers     (which typically donate the X11/clipboard registers, and when a clipboard connection is not possible will     fall back to use register 0 instead. In Patch 9.1.1115 Vim will therefore skip outputting to register zero     when trying to redirect to the clipboard registers `*` or `+`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no     known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2025-26603)

    Vim, a text editor, is vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files in     versions prior to 9.1.1198. The impact is medium because a user must be made to view such an archive with     Vim and then press 'x' on such a strange filename. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1198.
    (CVE-2025-29768)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-932 advisory.

    A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in vim up to 9.1.1096. This vulnerability affects     unknown code of the file src/main.c. The manipulation of the argument --log leads to memory corruption. It     is possible to launch the attack on the local host. Upgrading to version 9.1.1097 is able to address this     issue. The patch is identified as c5654b84480822817bb7b69ebc97c174c91185e9. It is recommended to upgrade     the affected component. (CVE-2025-1215)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. A segmentation fault was found in Vim before 9.1.1043. In     silent Ex mode (-s -e), Vim typically doesn't show a screen and just operates silently in batch mode.
    However, it is still possible to trigger the function that handles the scrolling of a gui version of Vim     by feeding some binary characters to Vim. The function that handles the scrolling however may be     triggering a redraw, which will access the ScreenLines pointer, even so this variable hasn't been     allocated (since there is no screen). This vulnerability is fixed in 9.1.1043. (CVE-2025-24014)

    Vim is a greatly improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi. Vim allows to redirect screen messages     using the `:redir` ex command to register, variables and files. It also allows to show the contents of     registers using the `:registers` or `:display` ex command. When redirecting the output of `:display` to a     register, Vim will free the register content before storing the new content in the register. Now when     redirecting the `:display` command to a register that is being displayed, Vim will free the content while     shortly afterwards trying to access it, which leads to a use-after-free. Vim pre 9.1.1115 checks in the     ex_display() function, that it does not try to redirect to a register while displaying this register at     the same time. However this check is not complete, and so Vim does not check the `+` and `*` registers     (which typically donate the X11/clipboard registers, and when a clipboard connection is not possible will     fall back to use register 0 instead. In Patch 9.1.1115 Vim will therefore skip outputting to register zero     when trying to redirect to the clipboard registers `*` or `+`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no     known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2025-26603)

    Vim, a text editor, is vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files in     versions prior to 9.1.1198. The impact is medium because a user must be made to view such an archive with     Vim and then press 'x' on such a strange filename. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1198.
    (CVE-2025-29768)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7419-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when using invalid input with the log option. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04     LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-1215)

    It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when redirecting certain output to the register. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-26603)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of vim installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-26603 advisory.

  - Vim is a greatly improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi. Vim allows to redirect screen messages     using the `:redir` ex command to register, variables and files. It also allows to show the contents of     registers using the `:registers` or `:display` ex command. When redirecting the output of `:display` to a     register, Vim will free the register content before storing the new content in the register. Now when     redirecting the `:display` command to a register that is being displayed, Vim will free the content while     shortly afterwards trying to access it, which leads to a use-after-free. Vim pre 9.1.1115 checks in the     ex_display() function, that it does not try to redirect to a register while displaying this register at     the same time. However this check is not complete, and so Vim does not check the `+` and `*` registers     (which typically donate the X11/clipboard registers, and when a clipboard connection is not possible will     fall back to use register 0 instead. In Patch 9.1.1115 Vim will therefore skip outputting to register zero     when trying to redirect to the clipboard registers `*` or `+`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no     known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2025-26603)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of vim installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-26603 advisory.

  - Vim is a greatly improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi. Vim allows to redirect screen messages     using the `:redir` ex command to register, variables and files. It also allows to show the contents of     registers using the `:registers` or `:display` ex command. When redirecting the output of `:display` to a     register, Vim will free the register content before storing the new content in the register. Now when     redirecting the `:display` command to a register that is being displayed, Vim will free the content while     shortly afterwards trying to access it, which leads to a use-after-free. Vim pre 9.1.1115 checks in the     ex_display() function, that it does not try to redirect to a register while displaying this register at     the same time. However this check is not complete, and so Vim does not check the `+` and `*` registers     (which typically donate the X11/clipboard registers, and when a clipboard connection is not possible will     fall back to use register 0 instead. In Patch 9.1.1115 Vim will therefore skip outputting to register zero     when trying to redirect to the clipboard registers `*` or `+`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no     known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2025-26603)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-3e178bb819 advisory.

    The newest upstream commit

    Security fix for CVE-2025-26603

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-a71acb72e9 advisory.

    The newest upstream commit

    Security fix for CVE-2025-26603

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
234509	Amazon Linux 2 : vim (ALAS-2025-2827)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	low
234334	Amazon Linux 2023 : vim-common, vim-data, vim-default-editor (ALAS2023-2025-932)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	low
233967	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-7419-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	low
233084	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: vim (CVE-2025-26603)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	medium
216888	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: vim (CVE-2025-26603)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
216676	Fedora 40 : vim (2025-3e178bb819)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
216576	Fedora 41 : vim (2025-a71acb72e9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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