Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command in Vim - CVE-2025-29768

 

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command in Vim - CVE-2025-29768

Published: March 13, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU105685
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-29768
CWE-ID: CWE-88
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Vim.org
Affected software:
Vim

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the zip.vim plugin. A remote attacker can trick the victim into reading a specially crafted .zip archive and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-29768

Install updates from vendor's website.

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