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Google: app-editors/vim, app-editors/vim-core: security update to 17134.0.0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 452258

Description

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

 - NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 in GitHub repository vim/vim
 prior to 8.2.4901. NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 allows
 attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input. (CVE-2022-1620)

Solution

Update the app-editors/vim library and its related packages to version 17134.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-101.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 452258

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1620

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 5/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1620