The vulnerability of the Vim text editor lies in the lack of measures to neutralize special elements used in operating system commands, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

The vulnerability of the Vim text editor is related to the lack of measures taken to neutralize special elements used in operating system commands. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands...

The vulnerability of the Vim text editor, related to buffer overflow in dynamic memory, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Vim text editor is related to overflowing the buffer in dynamic memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code...

The vulnerability of the Vim text editor, related to the inclusion of functions from an unreliable and uncontrolled area, allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Vim text editor is related to the inclusion of functions from an unverified and uncontrolled area. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code...

The vulnerability of the Vim text editor, related to the use of an incomplete black list, allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Vim text editor is related to the use of an incomplete black list. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code...

vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via Python omni-completion

A flaw was found in Vim, a widely used command-line text editor. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. By opening a specially crafted Python file and then triggering the omni-completion feature, the attacker can cause Vim to run malicious code from a...

vim: Vim: Out-of-bounds Write in Spell File Word Count

A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source command-line text editor. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into loading a specially crafted spell file. When the user invokes spell suggestion, the editor attempts to process the malicious file, leading to an out-of-boun...

vim: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via crafted directory names

A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source text editor. This vulnerability, located in the netrw plugin, involves a code injection issue when the editor processes directory paths. A malicious directory name, if crafted by an attacker, could bypass security measures and allow for the execution of...

vim: Vim: Heap buffer overflow allows arbitrary code execution

A heap buffer overflow in Vim allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. The flaw is triggered by processing a specially crafted spell file, where the setsofo function fails to reset internal data between sections, leading to an out-of-bounds write...

vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via crafted step-definition patterns

A flaw was found in Vim, a command-line text editor. This vulnerability, identified as a code injection, affects the cucumber filetype plugin when Vim is configured with Ruby support. An attacker could exploit this by creating a malicious repository containing specially crafted step-definition...

vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via malicious docstrings in Python omni-completion

There is a security flaw in Vim. If you use Vim to open a malicious file written by a hacker, and you use the auto-complete feature while typing, the file can secretly force your computer to run unauthorized commands or malware...

vim: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted Netrw Menu Entries

A flaw in Vim's netrw plugin fails to sanitize special characters in directory paths when creating GUI menu entries. Browsing or bookmarking a maliciously crafted path in GUI Vim allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands as the running user...

vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via crafted PHP file in omni-completion

A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source command-line text editor. The PHP omni-completion script improperly handles specially crafted input. When a victim opens a malicious PHP file and invokes omni-completion, an unescaped class or trait name can be interpreted as Ex commands. This allows a remo...

vim: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Insecure Shell Command Handling

A vulnerability in Vim's shell script plugins sh.vim, zsh.vim, ps1.vim allows arbitrary code execution if a user selects maliciously crafted text in Visual mode and triggers a keyword lookup, due to improperly escaped shell metacharacters...

vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion

A command injection vulnerability in Vim's C omni-completion script allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands if a user is tricked into opening a maliciously crafted tags file and manually invoking the autocomplete feature...

vim: Vim: Denial of Service via stack out-of-bounds write in spell_soundfold_sofo()

A memory corruption flaw in Vim allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service DoS. When a SOFO-based spell language is active, providing an excessively long word to the spell checker triggers a stack out-of-bounds write in the spellsoundfoldsofo function, causing the editor to crash...

vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted vimball

A vulnerability in Vim allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by crafting a malicious .VimballRecord file that injects OS commands executed when processed by the vimballRmVimball function...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for eac...

RHEL 9 : vim (RHSA-2026:70818)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:70818 advisory. Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via crafted directo...

K000163364: Vim vulnerabilities CVE-2025-1215, CVE-2025-22134, CVE-2025-24014

Security Advisory Description CVE-2025-1215 A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in vim up to 9.1.1096. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file src/main.c. The manipulation of the argument --log leads to memory corruption. It is possible to launch the attack on the loca...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: vim (UTSA-2022-000548)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2022-000548 advisory. Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2. Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory...