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CVE-2025-1215

vim: vim main.c memory corruption

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 13, 2025

Updated · October 22, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Vim. A local user may be able to trigger memory corruption by using the --log option with a non-existent path, which can lead to an application crash or other undefined behavior.

Statement

This vulnerability is rated Low for Red Hat products. A local attacker must explicitly use the --log option with a non-existent path in vim to trigger memory corruption, leading to an application crash or undefined behavior. This requires user interaction and is not exploitable remotely. Affected products include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and OpenShift Container Platform (via the rhcos component).

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 2.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer