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CVE-2026-28422

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0078, a stack-buffer-overflow occurs in `build_stl_str_hl()` when rendering a statusline with a multi-byte fill character on a very wide terminal. Version 9.2.0078 patches the issue.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:2381ac26ef8db2440cacb6b90e0adb3efd32d4bf3312b91fd5b0db45a64f929f
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"vim","vendor":"vim","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 9.2.0078"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:92d0060bfbc6d20cb645783b4a79e3f28974270246ceab4d7f4671b7e8164d36 · sha256:363b986f0f0985e0… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":2.2,"baseSeverity":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:92d0060bfbc6d20cb645783b4a79e3f28974270246ceab4d7f4671b7e8164d36 · sha256:363b986f0f0985e0… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-121","description":"CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:92d0060bfbc6d20cb645783b4a79e3f28974270246ceab4d7f4671b7e8164d36 · sha256:363b986f0f0985e0… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

4 source assertions
{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/11"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:92d0060bfbc6d20cb645783b4a79e3f28974270246ceab4d7f4671b7e8164d36 · sha256:363b986f0f0985e0… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e5b9e31cb7484ad156f","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e5b9e31cb7484ad156f"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:92d0060bfbc6d20cb645783b4a79e3f28974270246ceab4d7f4671b7e8164d36 · sha256:363b986f0f0985e0… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0078","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0078"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:92d0060bfbc6d20cb645783b4a79e3f28974270246ceab4d7f4671b7e8164d36 · sha256:363b986f0f0985e0… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-gmqx-prf2-8mwf","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-gmqx-prf2-8mwf"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:92d0060bfbc6d20cb645783b4a79e3f28974270246ceab4d7f4671b7e8164d36 · sha256:363b986f0f0985e0… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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