Description
When switching to other buffers using the :all command and visual mode still being active, this may cause a heap-buffer overflow, because Vim does not properly end visual mode and therefore may try to access beyond the end of a line in a buffer. In Patch 9.1.1003 Vim will correctly reset the visual mode before opening other windows and buffers and therefore fix this bug. In addition it does verify that it won't try to access a position if the position is greater than the corresponding buffer line. Impact is medium since the user must have switched on visual mode when executing the :all ex command. The Vim project would like to thank github user gandalf4a for reporting this issue. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1003
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/11/1
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250314-0004/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-5rgf-26wj-48v8
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c9a1e257f1630a0866447e53a564f7ff96a80ead
Scores
CVSS v3
4.2
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
27.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-122
Status
published
Products (2)
netapp/bootstrap_os
vim/vim
< 9.1.1003
Published
Jan 13, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026