CVE-2025-9390
vim xxd xxd.c main buffer overflow
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Aug 24, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 25, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 23, 2025
Description
A security flaw has been discovered in vim up to 9.1.1615. Affected by this vulnerability is the function main of the file src/xxd/xxd.c of the component xxd. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited. Upgrading to version 9.1.1616 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as eeef7c77436a78cd27047b0f5fa6925d56de3cb0. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 4.3 Medium | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C | VulDB |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
vimn/a |
|
References
- VDB-321223 | vim xxd xxd.c main buffer overflowvdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-321223 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #630903 | vim xxd vim-9.1.0000 and related xxd versions (latest master branch) Buffer Overflowthird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/17944issue-tracking
- https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/17947issue-tracking
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JLnqrdcGsjUhbYzIEweXIGZyETjHlKtX/view?usp=sharingexploit
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/eeef7c77436a78cd27047b0f5fa6925d56de3cb0patch
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.1.1616patch
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