SB20250226511 - SUSE update for vim
Published: February 26, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43790)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error within the do_search() function when performing a search and displaying the search-count message is disabled. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and use a specially crafted payload to search information, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the editor.
2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43802)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the ins_typebuf() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application.
3) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45306)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application.
4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1215)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing data passed via "--log" argument. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a file with a specially crafted argument, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
5) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22134)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
6) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24014)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it using the affected software, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.