CVE-2025-55157

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in Vim. This flaw allows an attacker who can trick a user into processing a specially crafted file to trigger the use-after-free, causing the application to crash.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a Low security impact because the user has to run an untrusted file IN SCRIPT MODE. Someone who is running untrusted files in script mode is equivalent to someone just taking a random python script and running it.

For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle & Updates Policy.

[1]. https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

[2]. https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

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.