| Name | CVE-2025-9390 |
| Description | A security flaw has been discovered in vim up to 9.1.1615. Affected by this vulnerability is the function main of the file src/xxd/xxd.c of the component xxd. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited. Upgrading to version 9.1.1616 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as eeef7c77436a78cd27047b0f5fa6925d56de3cb0. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vim (PTS) | bullseye | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid, trixie | 2:9.1.1230-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vim | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/17944
https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/17947
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/eeef7c77436a78cd27047b0f5fa6925d56de3cb0 (v9.1.1616)
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact