{"id":"USN-7748-1","summary":"vim vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled file extraction when opening\nmaliciously crafted zip or tar archives. An attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to create or overwrite files on the system and execute arbitrary\ncode.","modified":"2026-02-10T04:49:48Z","published":"2025-09-15T13:18:35Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53905","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53906"],"upstream":["CVE-2025-53905","CVE-2025-53906","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53905","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53906"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7748-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53905"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53906"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vim","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim@2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"}]}],"versions":["2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2","2:9.0.2087-1ubuntu1","2:9.0.2116-1ubuntu1","2:9.0.2116-1ubuntu2","2:9.0.2184-0ubuntu1","2:9.0.2189-1ubuntu1","2:9.1.0-1ubuntu1","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu2","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu6","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.1","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.2","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.3","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.4","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.5","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.6","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.7","2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"vim","binary_version":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"},{"binary_name":"vim-athena","binary_version":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"},{"binary_name":"vim-common","binary_version":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"},{"binary_name":"vim-gtk3","binary_version":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"},{"binary_name":"vim-gui-common","binary_version":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"},{"binary_name":"vim-motif","binary_version":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"},{"binary_name":"vim-nox","binary_version":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"},{"binary_name":"vim-runtime","binary_version":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"},{"binary_name":"vim-tiny","binary_version":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"},{"binary_name":"xxd","binary_version":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2025-53905","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2025-53906","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7748-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}