Vim is an open source, command line text editor. A segmentation fault was found in Vim before 9.1.1043. In silent Ex mode (-s -e), Vim typically doesn't show a screen and just operates silently in batch mode. However, it is still possible to trigger the function that handles the scrolling of a gui version of Vim by feeding some binary characters to Vim. The function that handles the scrolling however may be triggering a redraw, which will access the ScreenLines pointer, even so this variable hasn't been allocated (since there is no screen). This vulnerability is fixed in 9.1.1043.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Vim is an open source, command line text editor. A segmentation fault was found in Vim before 9.1.1043. In silent Ex mode (-s -e), Vim typically doesn't show a screen and just operates silently in batch mode. However, it is still possible to trigger the function that handles the scrolling of a gui version of Vim by feeding some binary characters to Vim. The function that handles the scrolling however may be triggering a redraw, which will access the ScreenLines pointer, even so this variable hasn't been allocated (since there is no screen). This vulnerability is fixed in 9.1.1043.
Title segmentation fault in win_line() in Vim < 9.1.1043
Weaknesses CWE-787
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-01-20T22:53:14.325Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T10:03:09.511Z

Reserved: 2025-01-16T17:31:06.458Z

Link: CVE-2025-24014

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-14T10:03:09.511Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-01-20T23:15:07.730

Modified: 2025-03-14T10:15:16.240

Link: CVE-2025-24014

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-01-20T22:53:14Z

Links: CVE-2025-24014 - Bugzilla