CVE-2025-29768

medium

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.

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-693p-m996-3rmf

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f209dcd3defb95bae21b2740910e6aa7bb940531

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-03-13

Updated: 2025-03-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium