| Name | CVE-2026-28422 |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| Debian Bugs | 1129432 |
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 | 2:9.1.2141-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 2:9.2.0136-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vim | source | (unstable) | 2:9.2.0119-1 | unimportant | | 1129432 |
Notes
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-gmqx-prf2-8mwf
Fixed by: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e5b9e31cb7484ad156fba995fdce3c9b075b5fd (v9.2.0078)
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact