ubuntu-cve-2025-29768
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-03-13 17:15
Modified
2025-03-20 04:34
Summary
Details

Vim, a text editor, is vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files in versions prior to 9.1.1198. The impact is medium because a user must be made to view such an archive with Vim and then press 'x' on such a strange filename. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1198.

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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Vim, a text editor, is vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files in versions prior to 9.1.1198. The impact is medium because a user must be made to view such an archive with Vim and then press \u0027x\u0027 on such a strange filename. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1198.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29768",
  "modified": "2025-03-20T04:34:12Z",
  "published": "2025-03-13T17:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-29768"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-29768"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-693p-m996-3rmf"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2025-29768"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.3",
  "withdrawn": "2025-06-23T16:00:36Z"
}



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