PT-2026-48722 · Vim+3 · Vim+3

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CVE-2026-52859

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Published

2026-06-11

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Updated

2026-07-06

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vim versions prior to 9.2.0565
Description The update snapshot() function in src/terminal.c copies the visible terminal screen into the scrollback buffer during a snapshot. The process involves iterating through the chars[] array of each screen cell without an upper bound, relying solely on a NUL terminator to stop. When a cell fills all VTERM MAX CHARS PER CELL (6) slots—consisting of a base character and five combining marks—the bundled libvterm returns the array without a terminating NUL. This causes the loop to read past the fixed six-element array and append out-of-bounds values to a buffer reserved for only six characters. A program rendering output inside a :terminal window can trigger this behavior using a short byte sequence, resulting in a crash.
Recommendations Update to version 9.2.0565.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-52859
ECHO-EBFF-11FA-7124
GHSA-47GW-8GC3-MGCM
OESA-2026-2863
USN-8451-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint
Ubuntu
Vim
Libvterm