CVE-2025-22134CWE-122

heap-buffer-overflow with visual mode in Vim < 9.1.1003

Medium · published January 13, 2025

CVSS v3.1
4.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

When switching to other buffers using the :all command and visual mode still being active, this may cause a heap-buffer overflow, because Vim does not properly end visual mode and therefore may try to access beyond the end of a line in a buffer. In Patch 9.1.1003 Vim will correctly reset the visual mode before opening other windows and buffers and therefore fix this bug. In addition it does verify that it won't try to access a position if the position is greater than the corresponding buffer line. Impact is medium since the user must have switched on visual mode when executing the :all ex command. The Vim project would like to thank github user gandalf4a for reporting this issue. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1003

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00375 · 30.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2025-01-13T20:41Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 JAN 20:41Z
    heap-buffer-overflow with visual mode in Vim < 9.1.1003
    cvelistv5