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Vim < 9.1.1043 Out-of-bounds Write

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214538

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Synopsis

A text editor installed on the remote host is affected a out-of-bounds write vulnerability.

Description

A segmentation fault was found in Vim before 9.1.1043. In silent Ex mode (-s -e), Vim typically doesn't show a screen and just operates silently in batch mode. However, it is still possible to trigger the function that handles the scrolling of a gui version of Vim by feeding some binary characters to Vim. The function that handles the scrolling however may be triggering a redraw, which will access the ScreenLines pointer, even so this variable hasn't been allocated (since there is no screen). This vulnerability is fixed in 9.1.1043.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Vim version 9.1.1043 or later

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ad18d80e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214538

File Name: vim_9_1_1043.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 4/23/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24014

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vim:vim

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Vim

Excluded KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24014

IAVA: 2025-A-0055-S