MEDIUM

CVE-2026-57452

Vim Vim 2026-06-25 CVSS v3.1

CVSS

5.5

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt~04! or VimCrypt~05!
method (xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature) whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflows and a subsequent decryption call reads far past the end of the input buffer, crashing Vim. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0671.

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-191

EPSS Score

0.12%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

1.9th percentile

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c8777cec25dcfae89c42e9aff51af61f71c5745f Patch https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0671 Product https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-c4j9-wr9j-4486 Vendor Advisory

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