CVE-2026-28418

medium

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0074, a heap-based buffer overflow out-of-bounds read exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file, Vim can be tricked into reading up to 7 bytes beyond the allocated memory boundary. Version 9.2.0074 fixes the issue.

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-h4mf-vg97-hj8j

https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0074

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f6a7f469a9c0d09e84cd6cb

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-27

Updated: 2026-03-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium