Medium severity · published Jan 20, 2025
CVE-2025-24014
segmentation fault in win_line() in Vim < 9.1.1043
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. A segmentation fault was found in Vim before 9.1.1043. In silent Ex mode (-s -e), Vim typically doesn't show a screen and just operates silently in batch mode. However, it is still possible to trigger the function that handles the scrolling of a gui version of Vim by feeding some binary characters to Vim. The function that handles the scrolling however may be triggering a redraw, which will access the ScreenLines pointer, even so this variable hasn't been allocated (since there is no screen). This vulnerability is fixed in 9.1.1043.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
vim · vim
< 9.1.1043 · source: vendor, NVD
HC
Hci Compute Node Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24014
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24014
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9d1bed5eccdbb46a26b8a484f5e9163c40e63919
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-j3g9-wg22-v955
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/20/4
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/21/1
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250314-0005/
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