CVE-2026-28420

Name	CVE-2026-28420
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vim (PTS)	bullseye	2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3	vulnerable
	bookworm	2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2	vulnerable
	trixie	2:9.1.1230-2	vulnerable
	forky, sid	2:9.1.2141-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vim	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-rvj2-jrf9-2phg
Fixed by: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/bb6de2105b160e729c340631435cd62f3e69bd32 (v9.2.0076)