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Google: app-editors/vim, app-editors/vim-core: security update to 18867.294.42

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 454908

Description

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

 - A security flaw has been discovered in vim up to 9.1.1615. Affected by this vulnerability is the function
 main of the file src/xxd/xxd.c of the component xxd. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. The
 attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited.
 Upgrading to version 9.1.1616 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as
 eeef7c77436a78cd27047b0f5fa6925d56de3cb0. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
 (CVE-2025-9390)

Solution

Update the app-editors/vim library and its related packages to version 18867.294.42 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-121.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 454908

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.16

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9390

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9390