CVE-2026-28421

MEDIUM SEVERITY

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Base Score

5.3 / 10

Vector String

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

Vulnerability Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Versions prior to 9.2.0077 have a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault (SEGV) exist in Vim's swap file recovery logic. Both are caused by unvalidated fields read from crafted pointer blocks within a swap file. Version 9.2.0077 fixes the issue.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date

February 27, 2026

Last Modified

February 28, 2026

CWE ID

CWE-20

Source

NVD

Vendor

vim

Product

vim

External References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/65c1a143c331c886dc28
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0077
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-r2gw-2x48-jj5p

CVE-2026-28421

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