Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2026-73071

Vulnerability identifier: #VU139389

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-73071

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in JSON decoding. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack on the system.

Vim
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
vim-filesystem
vim-minimal
vim-enhanced
vim-debugsource
vim-debuginfo
vim-common
vim-X11
vim
vim-data
vim-data-common
gvim
gvim-debuginfo
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.2.0844
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0-58
vim-minimal - update to 9.0-58
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0-58
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0-58
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0-58
vim-common - update to 9.0-58
vim-X11 - update to 9.0-58
vim - update to 9.0-58
vim-data - addressed in versions 9.2.0957-17.76.1, 9.2.0957-150000.5.102.1, 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.2.0957-17.76.1, 9.2.0957-150000.5.102.1, 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.2.0957-17.76.1, 9.2.0957-150000.5.102.1, 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.2.0957-17.76.1, 9.2.0957-150000.5.102.1, 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1
gvim - addressed in versions 9.2.0957-17.76.1, 9.2.0957-150000.5.102.1, 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.2.0957-17.76.1, 9.2.0957-150000.5.102.1, 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1
vim - addressed in versions 9.2.0957-17.76.1, 9.2.0957-150000.5.102.1, 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1
vim-small - addressed in versions 9.2.0957-150000.5.102.1, 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1
vim-small-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.2.0957-150000.5.102.1, 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1

• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-69ch-22ch-r887

• Use-after-free in Vim
• SUSE update for vim
• SUSE update for vim
• SUSE update for vim
• openEuler update for vim