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Medium USN-7815-1 1 CVE

vim vulnerabilities

Published Oct 9, 2025 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain internal calls when
scrolling a window. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm22
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm28
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm13

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 4.2
    CVE-2025-24014

    segmentation fault in win_line() in Vim < 9.1.1043

    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 funct…

    vim vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-24014