CVE-2025-9389CWE-119

vim memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S __memmove_avx_unaligned_erms memory corruption

Medium · published August 24, 2025

CVSS v4.0
4.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability was identified in vim 9.1.0000. Affected is the function __memmove_avx_unaligned_erms of the file memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Some users are not able to reproduce this. One of the users mentions that this appears not to be working, "when coloring is turned on".

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
4.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
EPSS
0.00215 · 11.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Published
2025-08-24T13:02Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 AUG 13:02Z
    vim memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S __memmove_avx_unaligned_erms memory corruption
    cvelistv5