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CVE-2026-28422
Vim has stack-buffer-overflow in build_stl_str_hl()
Low2.2EPSS 0.17%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
Published
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low2.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Low2.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.17% · top 94% 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: Low 2.2.
Weakness
Affected products
References (4)
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-gmqx-prf2-8mwf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e5b9e31cb7484ad156f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0078 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/11 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- 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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