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general
  • source: vim (main)
  • version: 2:9.1.1230-2
  • maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers (DMD)
  • uploaders: James McCoy [DMD]
  • arch: all any
  • std-ver: 4.7.0
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1
  • o-o-sec: 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3
  • oldstable: 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2
  • stable: 2:9.1.1230-2
  • testing: 2:9.1.1230-2
  • unstable: 2:9.1.1230-2
  • exp: 2:9.1.1385-1
versioned links
  • 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:9.1.1230-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:9.1.1385-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • vim (41 bugs: 0, 20, 21, 0)
  • vim-athena
  • vim-common (6 bugs: 0, 2, 4, 0)
  • vim-doc (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
  • vim-gtk3 (3 bugs: 0, 1, 2, 0)
  • vim-gui-common
  • vim-motif
  • vim-nox (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
  • vim-runtime (32 bugs: 0, 14, 18, 0)
  • vim-tiny (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
  • xxd (3 bugs: 0, 0, 3, 0)
action needed
A new upstream version is available: 9.1.1723 high
A new upstream version 9.1.1723 is available, you should consider packaging it.
Created: 2024-11-17 Last update: 2025-09-03 08:31
Failed to analyze the VCS repository. Please troubleshoot and fix the issue. high
vcswatch reports that there is an error with this package's VCS, or the debian/changelog file inside it. Please check the error shown below and try to fix it. You might have to update the VCS URL in the debian/control file to point to the correct repository.

error: RPC failed; curl 92 HTTP/2 stream 5 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) fatal: expected 'acknowledgments'
Created: 2025-05-23 Last update: 2025-09-01 09:06
2 security issues in sid high

There are 2 open security issues in sid.

2 important issues:
  • CVE-2025-53905: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
  • CVE-2025-53906: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
Created: 2025-07-16 Last update: 2025-08-25 14:00
2 security issues in forky high

There are 2 open security issues in forky.

2 important issues:
  • CVE-2025-53905: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
  • CVE-2025-53906: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
Created: 2025-08-09 Last update: 2025-08-25 14:00
Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal
The packages that vim depends on which need a new maintainer are:
  • docbook-xml (#802368)
    • Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xml
Created: 2022-10-24 Last update: 2025-09-03 10:00
17 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 17 bugs, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-09-03 09:01
Fails to build during reproducibility testing normal
A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!
Created: 2024-01-19 Last update: 2025-09-03 04:00
lintian reports 11 warnings normal
Lintian reports 11 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-05-23 Last update: 2025-08-27 05:02
AppStream hints: 2 warnings normal
AppStream found metadata issues for packages:
  • vim-common: 1 warning
  • vim-gui-common: 1 warning
You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.
Created: 2020-06-01 Last update: 2020-06-01 01:13
2 low-priority security issues in trixie low

There are 2 open security issues in trixie.

2 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2025-53905: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
  • CVE-2025-53906: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2025-07-16 Last update: 2025-08-25 14:00
3 low-priority security issues in bookworm low

There are 3 open security issues in bookworm.

3 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2025-29768: (needs triaging) Vim, a text editor, is vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files in versions prior to 9.1.1198. The impact is medium because a user must be made to view such an archive with Vim and then press 'x' on such a strange filename. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1198.
  • CVE-2025-53905: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
  • CVE-2025-53906: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2025-03-03 Last update: 2025-08-25 14:00
debian/patches: 7 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 7 debian patches available in version 2:9.1.1230-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 7 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.
Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-05-23 11:30
Build log checks report 1 warning low
Build log checks report 1 warning
Created: 2025-01-08 Last update: 2025-01-08 03:00
Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2020-02-26 Last update: 2023-09-13 08:27
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.7.0).
Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2025-05-23 05:02
testing migrations
  • This package will soon be part of the auto-perl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
  • This package will soon be part of the auto-libsodium transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
news
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  • [2025-05-28] vim 2:9.1.1230-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-05-23] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1230-2 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2025-05-16] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1385-1 (source) into experimental (James McCoy)
  • [2025-03-30] Accepted vim 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3 (source) into oldstable-security (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-03-30] Accepted vim 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u2 (source) into oldstable-security (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-03-27] vim 2:9.1.1230-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-25] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1230-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2025-02-18] vim 2:9.1.1113-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-02-16] Accepted vim 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-02-16] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1113-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2025-02-01] Accepted vim 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-01-13] vim 2:9.1.0967-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-10] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0967-2 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2024-12-29] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0967-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2024-11-16] vim 2:9.1.0861-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-11-13] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0861-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2024-10-24] vim 2:9.1.0777-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-10-13] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0777-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2024-09-28] vim 2:9.1.0709-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-09-21] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0709-2 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2024-09-03] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0709-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2024-08-28] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0698-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2024-06-23] vim 2:9.1.0496-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-06-20] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0496-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2024-05-03] vim 2:9.1.0377-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-04-27] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0377-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2024-04-26] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0374-1 (source) into unstable (Simon Quigley)
  • [2024-03-24] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0199-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
  • [2024-01-20] vim 2:9.1.0016-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-01-11] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0016-1 (source) into unstable (Simon Quigley)
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  • RC: 1
  • I&N: 50
  • M&W: 54
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 17
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