CVE-2025-29768

MEDIUM EPSS 26.4%
Published Mar 13, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
4.4 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Mar 13, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.4
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
26.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-88

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
vimvim* <9.1.1198
netappbootstrap_os*any
netapphci_compute_node*any

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f209dcd3defb95bae21b2740910e6aa7bb940531
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-693p-m996-3rmf
    Vendor Advisory
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0001/
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

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