The vulnerability of the VimCrypt file decoding mechanism in Vim’s text editor, located in the src/crypt.c file, allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the VimCrypt file decoding mechanism in the src/crypt.c file of the Vim text editor lies in the execution of operations beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a system failure...

CVE-2026-57452

A flaw was found in Vim, an open source command-line text editor. When opening a specially crafted encrypted file using the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! methods, an attacker could trigger an unsigned length calculation error. This issue leads to an out-of-bounds read, causing Vim to crash and...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-57452

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! method xchacha20poly1305...

SUSE CVE-2026-57452

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! method xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflo...

vim: Vim: Out-of-bounds Read with libsodium-encrypted Files

A flaw was found in Vim, an open source command-line text editor. When opening a specially crafted encrypted file using the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! methods, an attacker could trigger an unsigned length calculation error. This issue leads to an out-of-bounds read, causing Vim to crash and...

CVE-2026-57452

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! method xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflo...

CVE-2026-57452

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! method xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflo...

CVE-2026-57452 Vim: Out-of-bounds Read with libsodium-encrypted Files

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! method xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflo...

CVE-2026-57452

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! method xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflo...

EUVD-2026-39448

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! method xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflo...

CVE-2026-57452

Vim (affected: Vim 9.2.x prior to 9.2.0671) is vulnerable when opening files encrypted with VimCrypt~04!/VimCrypt~05! using the libsodium secretstream path, where an unsigned length underflow for bodies shorter than a secretstream header causes a decryption call to read past the input buffer, cra...

CVE-2026-57452 Vim: Out-of-bounds Read with libsodium-encrypted Files

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! method xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflo...

CVE-2026-57452

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! method xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflo...

CVE-2026-57452 Vim: Out-of-bounds Read with libsodium-encrypted Files

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! method xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflo...

PT-2026-52477

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vim versions prior to 9.2.0671 Description When opening a file encrypted using the VimCrypt04! or VimCrypt05! methods which utilize xchacha20poly1305 and require the +sodium feature, an unsigned length calculation underflows if the file body i...