Vim is an open source, command line text editor. A segmentation fault was found in Vim before 9.1.1043. In silent Ex mode (-s -e), Vim typically doesn't show a screen and just operates silently in batch mode. However, it is still possible to trigger the function that handles the scrolling of a gui version of Vim by feeding some binary characters to Vim. The function that handles the scrolling however may be triggering a redraw, which will access the ScreenLines pointer, even so this variable hasn't been allocated (since there is no screen). This vulnerability is fixed in 9.1.1043.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 2 - Core | vim | 2025-02-12 23:17 | ALAS2-2025-2753 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |