vim - security update
Multiple vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Vim, an enhanced version of the standard UNIX editor Vi (Vi IMproved). A remote attacker could trigger arbitrary code execution, command injection, or a crash (potential memory-corruption) via crafted files, archives, help/tag files, modelines, spell files, or crafted input to the NetBeans interface. CVE-2025-53905 - Path traversal in the tar plugin. The tar plugin did not protect archive member names against ".." traversal. CVE-2025-53906 - Path traversal in the zip plugin. The zip plugin did not protect archive member names against ".." traversal. CVE-2026-25749 - Buffer overflow in 'helpfile' option handling. Overlong help file paths could
Read at Debian Security Advisories
- Vendor
- Debian
- Fix
- available
Why it ranks 31 (Notable)
- Covered by 3 independent sources
- Fix available
- Vendor security advisory
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- Debian Security Advisories (lists.debian.org)
- CVE-2025-53905 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
- CVE-2025-53906 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
- CVE-2026-25749 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
- CVE-2026-26269 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
- CVE-2026-28417 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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