CVE-2025-29768

Publication date 13 March 2025

Last updated 1 April 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

hlibk

The advisory states that the vulnerability happens due to overwriting files with the -o option. The usage of -o option was introduced in version 9.1.0686, and therefore prior releases don’t seem to be affected.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
vim