Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-bit signed integer multiplication, causing a small buffer to be allocated for a write loop that runs many iterations, overflowing the heap. Because the 'spelllang' option can be set from a modeline, a text file modeline can trigger spell file loading if a malicious .spl file has been planted on the runtimepath. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0450.
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| Description | Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-bit signed integer multiplication, causing a small buffer to be allocated for a write loop that runs many iterations, overflowing the heap. Because the 'spelllang' option can be set from a modeline, a text file modeline can trigger spell file loading if a malicious .spl file has been planted on the runtimepath. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0450. | |
| Title | Vim: Heap Buffer Overflow in spell file loading | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-122 CWE-190 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-08T22:42:35.097Z
Reserved: 2026-05-08T20:08:17.209Z
Link: CVE-2026-45130
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-08T23:16:40.053
Modified: 2026-05-08T23:16:40.053
Link: CVE-2026-45130
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Updated: 2026-05-09T00:30:21Z