| Name | CVE-2025-29768 |
| Description | Vim, a text editor, is vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files in versions prior to 9.1.1198. The impact is medium because a user must be made to view such an archive with Vim and then press 'x' on such a strange filename. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1198. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1101016 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| vim (PTS) | bullseye | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 2:9.1.1230-2 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 2:9.1.1882-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vim | source | bullseye | (not affected) | |||
| vim | source | (unstable) | 2:9.1.1230-1 | 1101016 |
[bookworm] - vim <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - vim <not-affected> (Passing -o to unzip(1) introduced later)
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-693p-m996-3rmf
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f209dcd3defb95bae21b2740910e6aa7bb940531 (v9.1.1198)