Google: app-editors/vim, app-editors/vim-core: security update to 17162.40.34

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 454619

Description

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

- A vulnerability was found in vim and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function
qf_update_buffer of the file quickfix.c of the component autocmd Handler. The manipulation leads to use
after free. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 9.0.0805 is able to address this
issue. The name of the patch is d0fab10ed2a86698937e3c3fed2f10bd9bb5e731. It is recommended to upgrade the
affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-212324. (CVE-2022-3705)

Solution

Update the app-editors/vim library and its related packages to version 17162.40.34 or later.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 454619

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3705

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3705