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Echo: vim: security update to 2:9.1.0698-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457190

Description

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

 - Vim is an open source command line text editor. double-free in dialog_changed() in Vim < v9.1.0648. When
 abandoning a buffer, Vim may ask the user what to do with the modified buffer. If the user wants the
 changed buffer to be saved, Vim may create a new Untitled file, if the buffer did not have a name yet.
 However, when setting the buffer name to Unnamed, Vim will falsely free a pointer twice, leading to a
 double-free and possibly later to a heap-use-after-free, which can lead to a crash. The issue has been
 fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.0648. (CVE-2024-41965)

Solution

Update the vim library and its related packages to version 2:9.1.0698-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-41965

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 457190

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41965

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41965

IAVA: 2024-A-0536-S