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...

MiracleLinux 9 : vim-8.2.2637-26.el9_8.21.ML.1 (AXSA:2026-1861:24)

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1861:24 advisory. vim: Vim: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted Unicode characters in terminal emulator CVE-2026-28420 vim: Vim: Denial of Servic...

RHEL 7 : vim (RHSA-2026:68711)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:68711 advisory. Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: arbitrary command execution via modeline sandbox...

EulerOS 2.0 SP15 : vim (EulerOS-SA-2026-3824)

According to the versions of the vim packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwBookHistSave in...

EulerOS 2.0 SP15 : vim (EulerOS-SA-2026-3799)

According to the versions of the vim packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwBookHistSave in...

OESA-2026-3859 vim security update

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Securi...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source command-line text editor. From version 9.2.0320 to 9.2.0679, a crafted undo or swap file could store a virtual-text property whose offset and length points outside the line’s property data. When Vim restores or displays such a line, it converts the offset into a pointer and...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source, command-line text editor. From version 9.2.0469 to 9.2.0843, the use of popupmarkopacityzindex in src/popupwin.c could lead to an issue where a negative value for wwinrow could be used with text-property-anchored for a popup with clipwindow and opacity. The index operation...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source, command-line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin could allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. The impact is limited because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However,...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in the function guix11createblankmouse in guix11.c in vim 8.1.2269 through 9.0.0339. This issue allows attackers to cause denial of service or other unspecified impacts...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source, command-line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0073, there was a vulnerability related to OS command injection in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By forcing a user to open a specially crafted URL e.g., using the scp:// protocol handler, an attacker could execute...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source, command-line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0276, a modeline sandbox bypass in Vim allowed arbitrary OS commands to be executed when a user opened a crafted file. The complete, guitabtooltip, and printheader options lacked the PMLE flag, enabling a modeline to be execute...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source, command-line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin could allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. The impact is limited because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However,...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source, command-line text editor. A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Vim versions prior to 9.1.0764. When closing a buffer visible in a window, the BufWinLeave autocommand can lead to a use-after-free if this autocommand reopens the same buffer in a new split window...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source, command-line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, there was a vulnerability related to OS command injection in Vim’s :find command-line completion mechanism. When the path option contained shell commands enclosed in backticks, those commands would be executed during file...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

In Vim before 8.1.0881, users could circumvent the rvim restricted mode and execute arbitrary OS commands through scripting interfaces such as Python, Ruby, or Lua...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Integer overflow or wrap-around in the GitHub repository for vim/vim before version 9.0.1532...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source, command-line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.2132, there was a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Vim’s tag file resolution logic when processing the ‘helpfile’ option. The vulnerability lies in the gettagfname function in src/tag.c. When processing help file tags, Vim...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source command-line text editor. From version 9.2.0511 to 9.2.0844, the jsonDecodeItem function in src/json.c could retain a stale pointer after jsonDecodeString invoked channelFill, which was responsible for reallocating and freeing the current buffer. As a result, the error...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim before version 9.0.2142 has a stack-based buffer overflow issue because the didsetlangmap function in map.c calls sprintf to write to the error buffer, which is then passed to the option callback functions...