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CVE-2026-57451: Vim: Out-of-bounds Read in Text Property Count

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-25 · updated 2026-06-26
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

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.

Affected products

• vim/vim: before 9.2.0670 — fixed in 9.2.0670

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: vim/vim 9.2.0670. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b2338ca90643e2f01ecb6547c1172716aaec4f79
• https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0670
• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f36c-2qcp-7gpw

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