CVE-2025-55157 — Use After Free in VIM
Severity
6.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 84.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 11
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. In versions from 9.1.1231 to before 9.1.1400, When processing nested tuples in Vim script, an error during evaluation can trigger a use-after-free in Vim’s internal tuple reference management. Specifically, the tuple_unref() function may access already freed memory due to improper lifetime handling, leading to memory corruption. The exploit requires direct user interaction, as the script must be explicitly executed within Vim. This issue has been …
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N