Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.1.1198)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-9459053
  • published16 Mar 2025
  • disclosed13 Mar 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Mar 2025

CVE-2025-29768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-88  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.1.1198 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Argument Injection due to the handling of specially crafted zip files. An attacker can cause data loss by manipulating the contents of a zip file.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1