Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting vim package, versions <9.2.0078-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-VIM-15366681
  • published2 Mar 2026
  • disclosed27 Feb 2026

Introduced: 27 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-28418  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 vim to version 9.2.0078-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim package and not the vim package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0074, a heap-based buffer overflow out-of-bounds read exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file, Vim can be tricked into reading up to 7 bytes beyond the allocated memory boundary. Version 9.2.0074 fixes the issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1