Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0076, a heap-based buffer overflow WRITE and an out-of-bounds READ exist in Vim's terminal emulator when processing maximum combining characters from Unicode supplementary planes. Version 9.2.0076 fixes the issue.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-02-27T22:04:36.189Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-28T00:15:35.201Z

Source :

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The following products are affected by CVE-2026-28420 vulnerability.

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https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/bb6de2105b160e729c34063 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0076 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-rvj2-jrf9-2phg cve-icon cve-icon
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