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Alpine: gvim, multiple vim packages, xxd: security update to 8.1.1365-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424649

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS
 commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or
 nvim_input in Neovim. (CVE-2019-12735)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-12735

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424649

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.57

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12735

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12735

BID: 108724