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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-24014)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0723-1 advisory.

    Update to version 9.1.1101:

    - CVE-2024-43790: possible out-of-bounds read when performing a search command (bsc#1229685).
    - CVE-2024-43802: heap buffer overflow due to incorrect flushing of the typeahead buffer (bsc#1229822).
    - CVE-2024-45306: heap buffer overflow when cursor position is invalid (bsc#1230078).
    - CVE-2025-22134: heap buffer overflow when switching to other buffers using the :all command with active     visual mode       (bsc#1235695).
    - CVE-2025-24014: NULL pointer dereference may lead to segmentation fault when in silent Ex mode     (bsc#1236151).
    - CVE-2025-1215: memory corruption when manipulating the --log argument (bsc#1237137).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0722-1 advisory.

    Update to version 9.1.1101:

    - CVE-2024-43790: possible out-of-bounds read when performing a search command (bsc#1229685).
    - CVE-2024-43802: heap buffer overflow due to incorrect flushing of the typeahead buffer (bsc#1229822).
    - CVE-2024-45306: heap buffer overflow when cursor position is invalid (bsc#1230078).
    - CVE-2025-22134: heap buffer overflow when switching to other buffers using the :all command with active     visual mode       (bsc#1235695).
    - CVE-2025-24014: NULL pointer dereference may lead to segmentation fault when in silent Ex mode     (bsc#1236151).
    - CVE-2025-1215: memory corruption when manipulating the --log argument (bsc#1237137).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2753 advisory.

    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. (CVE-2025-24014)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

The version of vim installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-24014 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-24014)

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

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7261-1 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

The version of vim installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-24014 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-24014)

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

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
231943	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-24014	Nessus	Misc.	medium
216901	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2025:0723-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	low
216882	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2025:0722-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	low
216797	Amazon Linux 2 : vim (ALAS-2025-2753)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
216085	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: vim (CVE-2025-24014)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	medium
215238	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.10 : Vim vulnerability (USN-7261-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
214796	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: vim (CVE-2025-24014)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
214538	Vim < 9.1.1043 Out-of-bounds Write	Nessus	Windows	medium

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