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CVE-2025-29768

medium 4.4

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.

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Status: Analyzed
Published: 2025-03-13
Last changed: 2026-06-17
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Weakness: CWE-88

Severity

Version	Score	Vector	Source
CVSS 3.1	medium 4.4	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`	security-advisories@github.comSecondary
CVSS 3.1	medium 4.4	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`	nvd@nist.govPrimary

Affected products

Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.

vim · vim
netapp · bootstrap_os

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f209dcd3defb95bae21b2740910e6aa7bb940531Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-693p-m996-3rmfVendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0001/Third Party Advisory

CVE-2025-29768

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