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
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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
Title heap-buffer-overflow with visual mode in Vim < 9.1.1003
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-01-13T20:41:08.144Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T10:03:08.447Z

Reserved: 2024-12-30T03:00:33.652Z

Link: CVE-2025-22134

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-14T10:03:08.447Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-01-13T21:15:14.333

Modified: 2025-03-14T10:15:16.070

Link: CVE-2025-22134

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-01-13T20:41:08Z

Links: CVE-2025-22134 - Bugzilla