CVE-2025-9390

low

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in vim up to 9.1.1615. Affected by this vulnerability is the function main of the file src/xxd/xxd.c of the component xxd. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited. Upgrading to version 9.1.1616 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as eeef7c77436a78cd27047b0f5fa6925d56de3cb0. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

References

https://vuldb.com/?submit.630903

https://vuldb.com/?id.321223

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.321223

https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.1.1616

https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/17947

https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/17944

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/eeef7c77436a78cd27047b0f5fa6925d56de3cb0

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JLnqrdcGsjUhbYzIEweXIGZyETjHlKtX/view?usp=sharing

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-24

Updated: 2025-08-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00013