CVE-2026-28419CWE-124CWE-125

Vim has Heap-based Buffer Underflow in Emacs tags parsing

Medium · published February 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00183 · 7.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-124 · Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow'); CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-02-27T22:02Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 FEB 22:02Z
    Vim has Heap-based Buffer Underflow in Emacs tags parsing
    cvelistv5