CVE 5.3 MEDIUM

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

5.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-57451
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 25, 2026 at 15:28

Affected Product

Vendor vim
Product vim
Version < 9.2.0670
Affected Versions vim vim < 9.2.0670

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