CVE-2026-28420

medium

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0076, a heap-based buffer overflow WRITE and an out-of-bounds READ exist in Vim's terminal emulator when processing maximum combining characters from Unicode supplementary planes. Version 9.2.0076 fixes the issue.

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-rvj2-jrf9-2phg

https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0076

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/bb6de2105b160e729c34063

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-27

Updated: 2026-03-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00004