CVE-2025-9390

Aug. 24, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

4.8
Medium

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Vim
  • Vim
  • <9.1.1615

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a vim vim <9.1.1615 / / / / / / /

References

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JLnqrdcGsjUhbYzIEweXIGZyETjHlKtX/view?usp=sharing
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/eeef7c77436a78cd27047b0f5fa6925d56de3cb0
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/17944
https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/17947
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.1.1616
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.321223
https://vuldb.com/?id.321223
https://vuldb.com/?submit.630903

Tags

CWE-119
cna@vuldb.com
2025-08-24
CVE-2025-9390

CVSS Score

4.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: LOW
  • Exploit Maturity: PROOF_OF_CONCEPT

    • 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 24, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 24, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cna@vuldb.com

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