Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0075, a heap-based buffer underflow exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file where a delimiter appears at the start of a line, Vim attempts to read memory immediately preceding the allocated buffer. Version 9.2.0075 fixes the issue.

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Description Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0075, a heap-based buffer underflow exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file where a delimiter appears at the start of a line, Vim attempts to read memory immediately preceding the allocated buffer. Version 9.2.0075 fixes the issue.
Title Vim has Heap-based Buffer Underflow in Emacs tags parsing
Weaknesses CWE-124
CWE-125
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-02-28T00:15:33.748Z

Reserved: 2026-02-27T15:33:57.290Z

Link: CVE-2026-28419

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-27T22:16:25.163

Modified: 2026-02-27T22:16:25.163

Link: CVE-2026-28419

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