CVE-2026-28418 (GCVE-0-2026-28418)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-27 21:58 – Updated: 2026-02-28 00:15
VLAI?
Title
Vim has Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Emacs tags parsing
Summary
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0074, a heap-based buffer overflow out-of-bounds read exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file, Vim can be tricked into reading up to 7 bytes beyond the allocated memory boundary. Version 9.2.0074 fixes the issue.
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium)
Assigner
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