CVE-2025-29768
Vim vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.4 Medium
- Published
- Mar 13, 2025
- Updated
- May 2, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 11, 2025
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
vimvim |
|
References
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