CVE-2025-9389
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
A vulnerability was identified in vim 9.1.0000. Affected is the function __memmove_avx_unaligned_erms of the file memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Some users are not able to reproduce this. One of the users mentions that this appears not to be working, "when coloring is turned on".
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.1–5.5
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affected products (6)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1897vim: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-08-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in vim ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (20)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-9389cnnvd
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iFbTpW79vqBPkFjWYzGYIh_E6esPhYVY/view?usp=sharingcnnvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/17940#issuecomment-3203415781cnnvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/tagsPatchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9389cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.321222cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?id.321222cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.630898cnnvd
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