SB2026062530 - Out-of-bounds write in Vim

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds write in the SAL sound-folding logic in spell_soundfold_sal() when processing a boundary-length word through soundfold() with a SAL-based spell language active. A local user can supply a crafted boundary-length word to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerable path is only reached under a non-multibyte 8-bit encoding such as latin1, and spell checking must be enabled with a SAL-based language.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-m3hf-xcm3-xhm2
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d22ff1c955ff87e8273210eae125aab0e85b6c30