CVE-2025-274237.1HighCWE-77

CVE-2025-27423: Improper Input Validation in Vim

vim

Affected: vim · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

22.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

97th percentile

050100

Higher than 97% of scored CVEs

7.1HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Vim is distributed with the tar.vim plugin, that allows easy editing and viewing of (compressed or uncompressed) tar files. Starting with 9.1.0858, the tar.vim plugin uses the ":read" ex command line to append below the cursor position, however the is not sanitized and is taken literally from the tar archive. This allows to execute shell commands via special crafted tar archives. Whether this really happens, depends on the shell being used ('shell' option, which is set using $SHELL). The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1164

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

vim · vim< 9.1.1164

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Exploitation: Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Command Injection · Command and Code Injection
Vendor: vim
Published: March 2025
Band: Likely to be exploited (10% or more), March 2025

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