CVE-2026-57451 PUBLISHED

Vim: Out-of-bounds Read in Text Property Count

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 24.06.2026 Published: 25.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0670, get_text_props() in src/textprop.c reads a uint16 property count stored inline after a line's text and returns it as the number of 32-byte textprop_T entries that follow. The only check is a floor that guarantees room for a single entry; the count is never checked against the amount of data actually present. A line that declares a large count while carrying little data causes consumers to read far past the end of the line buffer. Such a line can be delivered through a crafted undo file, leading to a crash. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0670.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor vim
Product vim
Versions
  • Version < 9.2.0670 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read CWE