CVE-2026-55892

EUVD-2026-39451
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0662, the dump_prefixes() function in src/spell.c walks a spell-file prefix trie iteratively with a depth counter while dumping the prefixes that apply to a word. The counter is bounded only by the trie structure itself; it is never checked against the size of the fixed MAXWLEN-element stack arrays it indexes (prefix[], arridx[], curi[]). A crafted .spl file, loaded when the user dumps the word list, can drive the descent arbitrarily deep, so the function writes past the end of those arrays. This is a stack out-of-bounds write that corrupts the call frame and crashes the editor. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0662.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 2.16%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
vimvim
𝑥
< 9.2.0662
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
vim
bookworm
vulnerable
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
vulnerable
forky
2:9.2.0858-1
fixed
sid
2:9.2.0858-1
fixed
trixie
vulnerable
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
vim
bionic
Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21
released
focal
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9
released
jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33
released
noble
Fixed 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17
released
questing
Fixed 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8
released
resolute
Fixed 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6
released
trusty
Fixed 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30
released
xenial
Fixed 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36
released
Amazon Linux logo
Amazon Linux Releases
Amazon Package
Release
vim-common
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
vim-data
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
vim-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
vim-debugsource
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
vim-default-editor
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
vim-enhanced
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
vim-enhanced-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
vim-filesystem
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
vim-minimal
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
vim-minimal-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
xxd
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
xxd-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
2:9.2.725-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
Azure Linux logo
Azure Linux Releases
Azure Package
Release
vim
Azure Linux 3.0
0:9.2.0735-1.azl3
fixed