Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.2.0450)
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- published9 May 2026
- disclosed9 May 2026
- creditdaniel-msft
Introduced: 9 May 2026
CVE-2026-45130 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.2.0450 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the read_compound process when loading a crafted spell file with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by planting a malicious .spl file on the runtime path and leveraging a modeline in a text file to trigger spell file loading. This is only exploitable if the 'spelllang' option is set from a modeline and a malicious spell file is present on the runtime path.