CVE-2025-24014 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-24014: segmentation fault in win_line() in Vim < 9.1.1043

Vendor Vim
Product vim
Weakness CWE-787
Published January 20, 2025
Last update March 14, 2025

CVSS base score

4.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 20, 2025 CVE published
March 14, 2025 Record updated