CVE-2025-29768

Published Mar 13, 2025

Last updated 22 days ago

CVSS medium 4.4

Overview

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.
Source
security-advisories@github.com
NVD status
Received

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
4.4
Impact score
2.5
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-88

Social media

Hype score
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