Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.2132, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file resolution logic when processing the 'helpfile' option. The vulnerability is located in the get_tagfname() function in src/tag.c. When processing help file tags, Vim copies the user-controlled 'helpfile' option value into a fixed-size heap buffer of MAXPATHL + 1 bytes (typically 4097 bytes) using an unsafe STRCPY() operation without any bounds checking. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.2132.
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Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.2132, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file resolution logic when processing the 'helpfile' option. The vulnerability is located in the get_tagfname() function in src/tag.c. When processing help file tags, Vim copies the user-controlled 'helpfile' option value into a fixed-size heap buffer of MAXPATHL + 1 bytes (typically 4097 bytes) using an unsafe STRCPY() operation without any bounds checking. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.2132. | |
| Title | Heap Overflow in Vim | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-122 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-02-06T22:43:38.630Z
Reserved: 2026-02-05T18:35:52.356Z
Link: CVE-2026-25749
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-02-06T23:15:54.230
Modified: 2026-02-06T23:15:54.230
Link: CVE-2026-25749
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