Vim is an open source, command line text editor. 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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.2
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade vim | Aug 8, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-X11Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-debuginfoUpgrade vim-dataUpgrade xxd | Feb 26, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade xxdUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-debugsourceUpgrade vim-enhanced-debuginfoUpgrade vim-default-editorUpgrade vim-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-debuginfoUpgrade vim-dataUpgrade xxd-debuginfo | Apr 15, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Debian | — | No solution existsUpgrade vim | May 15, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2025342 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2026039 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-enhanced | May 13, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-enhanced | Apr 11, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-common | May 7, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-minimal | Jun 11, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade xxdUpgrade vimUpgrade vim-smallUpgrade gvimUpgrade vim-dataUpgrade vim-data-common | Mar 3, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade vimUpgrade vim (Ubuntu Pro) | Feb 11, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 2, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
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