TI-2025-17781 Aliases CVE-2025-24014

segmentation fault in win_line() in Vim < 9.1.1043

LOW 25CWE-787Published 2025-01-20 · Updated 2025-03-14

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 7 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00279 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial vim (vim): 9.1.1043Red Hat: 7 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
vim	vim	before 9.1.1043	9.1.1043	Patch available	CNA

vim Vendorvim Affected before 9.1.1043 Fixed in 9.1.1043 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim::::::::	before 9.1.1043	Vulnerable	vim
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_compute_node_firmware:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	NetApp
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	NetApp

cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 9.1.1043 Vulnerable ·vim
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_compute_node_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·NetApp
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·NetApp

Remediation

Fix · CNA vim (vim) Fixed in 9.1.1043

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)	Affected	—
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-24014
2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
2026-10-22 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9d1bed5eccdbb46a26b8a484f5e9163c40e63919

Advisory 2

TI-2022-03248 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-15103 Vim before 9.0.2142 has a stack-based buffer overflow because did_set_langmap in map.c… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-05093 Use After Free in vim/vim CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-04407 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-04379 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-04378 Use After Free in vim/vim CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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