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CVE-2026-28419
Vim has Heap-based Buffer Underflow in Emacs tags parsing
Medium5.3EPSS 0.20%
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- GitHub_M
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0075, a heap-based buffer underflow exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file where a delimiter appears at the start of a line, Vim attempts to read memory immediately preceding the allocated buffer. Version 9.2.0075 fixes the issue.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 91% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
References (4)
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-xcc8-r6c5-hvwv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9b7dfa2948c9e1e5e32a5812 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0075 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/8 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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