CVE-2026-28420
vim: Vim: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted Unicode characters in terminal emulator
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 28, 2026
Updated · September 25, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in Vim. A remote attacker could exploit a heap-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Vim's terminal emulator. This occurs when processing specially crafted Unicode supplementary plane characters, potentially leading to information disclosure and denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read