CVE-2026-25749 (GCVE-0-2026-25749)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-06 22:43 – Updated: 2026-02-06 22:43
VLAI?
Title
Heap Overflow in Vim
Summary
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.2132, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file resolution logic when processing the 'helpfile' option. The vulnerability is located in the get_tagfname() function in src/tag.c. When processing help file tags, Vim copies the user-controlled 'helpfile' option value into a fixed-size heap buffer of MAXPATHL + 1 bytes (typically 4097 bytes) using an unsafe STRCPY() operation without any bounds checking. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.2132.
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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