Buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2025-1215

Vulnerability identifier: #VU103997

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1215

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing data passed via "--log" argument. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a file with a specially crafted argument, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Vim
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
Ubuntu
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-debuginfo
vim-debugsource
vim-enhanced
vim-minimal
vim-filesystem
gvim-debuginfo
gvim
vim-data-common
vim-data
vim-small-debuginfo
xxd
vim-small
SmartFabric Manager
APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.1.1097
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.24, 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.8, 2:9.1.0496-1ubuntu6.5
SmartFabric Manager - update to 1.3.0
APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure - update to 01.04.01.00
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift - update to 03.02.04.00
vim - update to 9.0.2092-17
vim-X11 - update to 9.0.2092-17
vim-common - update to 9.0.2092-17
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0.2092-17
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0.2092-17
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0.2092-17
vim-minimal - update to 9.0.2092-17
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0.2092-17
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.1.1101-17.41.1, 9.1.1101-150500.20.21.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.1.1101-17.41.1, 9.1.1101-150000.5.69.1, 9.1.1101-150500.20.21.1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.1.1101-17.41.1, 9.1.1101-150000.5.69.1, 9.1.1101-150500.20.21.1
gvim - addressed in versions 9.1.1101-17.41.1, 9.1.1101-150500.20.21.1
vim - addressed in versions 9.1.1101-17.41.1, 9.1.1101-150500.20.21.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.1.1101-17.41.1, 9.1.1101-150000.5.69.1, 9.1.1101-150500.20.21.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 9.1.1101-17.41.1, 9.1.1101-150500.20.21.1
vim-small-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.1.1101-150000.5.69.1, 9.1.1101-150500.20.21.1
xxd - update to 9.1.1101-150000.5.69.1
vim-small - addressed in versions 9.1.1101-150000.5.69.1, 9.1.1101-150500.20.21.1

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c5654b84480822817bb7b69ebc97c174c91185e9
• https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/16606
• https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.1.1097
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295174
• https://vuldb.com/?id.295174
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.497546

• Buffer overflow in Vim
• SUSE update for vim
• SUSE update for vim
• SUSE update for vim
• openEuler update for vim
• Ubuntu update for vim
• Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift update for third-party components
• Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure update for third-party components
• Dell SmartFabric Manager update for third-party components