NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting vim-minimal-debuginfo package, versions <2:9.2.240-1.amzn2023.0.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-VIMMINIMALDEBUGINFO-16068306
  • published15 Apr 2026
  • disclosed12 Mar 2026

Introduced: 12 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-32249  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 vim-minimal-debuginfo to version 2:9.2.240-1.amzn2023.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1584.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-minimal-debuginfo package and not the vim-minimal-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. From 9.1.0011 to before 9.2.0137, Vim's NFA regex compiler, when encountering a collection containing a combining character as the endpoint of a character range (e.g. [0-0\u05bb]), incorrectly emits the composing bytes of that character as separate NFA states. This corrupts the NFA postfix stack, resulting in NFA_START_COLL having a NULL out1 pointer. When nfa_max_width() subsequently traverses the compiled NFA to estimate match width for the look-behind assertion, it dereferences state->out1->out without a NULL check, causing a segmentation fault. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0137.

CVSS Base Scores

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