Is CVE-2025-24014 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2025-24014 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2025-24014 be exploited remotely?

No. CVE-2025-24014 requires local access to exploit.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-24014?

CVE-2025-24014 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

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MEDIUM

CVE-2025-24014

CWE-787Published: January 20, 2025· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. A segmentation fault was found in Vim before 9.1.1043. In silent Ex mode (-s -e), Vim typically doesn't show a screen and just operates silently in batch mode. However, it is still possible to trigger the function that handles the scrolling of a gui version of Vim by feeding some binary characters to Vim. The function that handles the scrolling however may be triggering a redraw, which will access the ScreenLines pointer, even so this variable hasn't been allocated (since there is no screen). This vulnerability is fixed in 9.1.1043.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2025-24014 requires local access, meaning attackers must already have a foothold on the target system.

Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

A successful exploit results in availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 5.5.

From a weakness classification perspective (CWE-787): Out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities can lead to data corruption, crashes, or arbitrary code execution.