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Ubuntu 18.04: Vim Important Denial of Service USN-7815-1 CVE-2025-24014

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Vim suffers a denial of service issue in Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 14.04 LTS. Update required to prevent attacks.
Vim could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Vim could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details:

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update Ubuntu important vim

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  vim                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm28
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  vim                             2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm22
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7815-1

CVE-2025-24014

Severity
important
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Critical

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7815-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update Ubuntu important vim

Package Information

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