CVE-2025-24014
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
Publication date:
20/01/2025
Last modified:
14/08/2025
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.20
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.1.1043 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_compute_node_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:h:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9d1bed5eccdbb46a26b8a484f5e9163c40e63919
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-j3g9-wg22-v955
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/20/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/21/1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250314-0005/