RockyLinux 10 : vim (RLSA-2026:66336)

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:66336 advisory. vim: Vim: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted Unicode characters in terminal emulator CVE-2026-28420 vim: Vim: Denial of Service v...

RockyLinux 9 : vim (RLSA-2026:66366)

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:66366 advisory. vim: Vim: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted Unicode characters in terminal emulator CVE-2026-28420 vim: Vim: Denial of Service vi...

RockyLinux 8 : vim (RLSA-2026:66348)

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:66348 advisory. vim: Vim: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted Unicode characters in terminal emulator CVE-2026-28420 vim: Vim: Denial of Service vi...

Oracle Linux 8 : ELSA-2026-66348-0: / vim (ELSA-2026-663480)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-663480 advisory. - RHEL-253666 CVE-2026-28420 buffer overflow in terminal emulator - RHEL-215662 CVE-2026-55892 vim: stack out-of-bounds write in dumpprefixes -...

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 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...

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: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds write in terminal handling

A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source command-line text editor. This vulnerability allows a program displaying output in a Vim terminal window to trigger an out-of-bounds write by sending a specific byte sequence. This can lead to a crash of the Vim application, resulting in a Denial of Service...

vim: Vim: Denial of Service via crafted spell file

A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source command-line text editor. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to load a specially crafted spell file. This malicious file can trigger a stack out-of-bounds write, which corrupts the editor's memory and causes it to crash...

vim: Vim: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted Unicode characters in terminal emulator

A flaw was found in Vim. A remote attacker could exploit a heap-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Vim's terminal emulator. This occurs when processing specially crafted Unicode supplementary plane characters, potentially leading to information disclosure and denial ...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. 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 each vulnerability from the C...

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: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds write in spell sound-folding

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Vim's spellsoundfoldsal function allows an attacker to corrupt memory and crash the editor Denial of Service by supplying a specially crafted word during spell sound-folding...

vim: Vim: Denial of Service via crafted spell file

A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source command-line text editor. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to load a specially crafted spell file. This malicious file can trigger a stack out-of-bounds write, which corrupts the editor's memory and causes it to crash...

vim: Vim: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds write in spell sound-folding

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Vim's spellsoundfoldsal function allows an attacker to corrupt memory and crash the editor Denial of Service by supplying a specially crafted word during spell sound-folding...

vim: Vim: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted Unicode characters in terminal emulator

A flaw was found in Vim. A remote attacker could exploit a heap-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Vim's terminal emulator. This occurs when processing specially crafted Unicode supplementary plane characters, potentially leading to information disclosure and denial ...

vim: Vim: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds write in terminal handling

A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source command-line text editor. This vulnerability allows a program displaying output in a Vim terminal window to trigger an out-of-bounds write by sending a specific byte sequence. This can lead to a crash of the Vim application, resulting in a Denial of Service...

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 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 8. 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 each vulnerability from the C...