CVE-2026-28422

NameCVE-2026-28422
DescriptionVim 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.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vim (PTS)bullseye2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2vulnerable
trixie2:9.1.1230-2vulnerable
forky, sid2:9.1.2141-1vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vimsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-gmqx-prf2-8mwf
Fixed by: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e5b9e31cb7484ad156fba995fdce3c9b075b5fd (v9.2.0078)

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