Out-of-Bounds Affecting vim-minimal-debuginfo package, versions <2:9.2.240-1.amzn2023.0.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-VIMMINIMALDEBUGINFO-16068037
  • published15 Apr 2026
  • disclosed24 Aug 2025

Introduced: 24 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-9389  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 vim-minimal-debuginfo to version 2:9.2.240-1.amzn2023.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1584.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-minimal-debuginfo package and not the vim-minimal-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was identified in vim 9.1.0000. Affected is the function __memmove_avx_unaligned_erms of the file memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Some users are not able to reproduce this. One of the users mentions that this appears not to be working, "when coloring is turned on".

CVSS Base Scores

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