{"id":"CVE-2026-73072","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Vim: Heap Buffer Overflow when Loading a Spell File","description":"Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0846, set_sofo() in src/spellfile.c reuses sl_sal_first[] without resetting values left by set_sal_first(), so a crafted spell file containing an SN_SAL section before an SN_SOFO section causes under-counted mapping lists and attacker-influenced writes beyond a heap allocation. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0846.","publishedAt":"2026-08-11T15:31:35.331Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T18:43:35.569Z","severity":{"score":8.5,"label":"High","version":"4.0","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","source":"GitHub_M"},"assigner":"GitHub_M","products":["vim vim"],"affected":[{"vendor":"vim","product":"vim","versions":[{"version":"< 9.2.0846","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-9jqx-hgpr-6v64","https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/05c41c922309c7a11b6ec2f124be66551c90d66a","https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0846"],"weaknesses":["CWE-122","CWE-787"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:58.252Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/73xxx/CVE-2026-73072.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-73072","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-08-11T15:31:35.331Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T18:43:35.569Z","assignerShortName":"GitHub_M","assignerOrgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateReserved":"2026-08-10T19:37:41.444Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Vim: Heap Buffer Overflow when Loading a Spell File","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0846, set_sofo() in src/spellfile.c reuses sl_sal_first[] without resetting values left by set_sal_first(), so a crafted spell file containing an SN_SAL section before an SN_SOFO section causes under-counted mapping lists and attacker-influenced writes beyond a heap allocation. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0846."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"vim","product":"vim","versions":[{"version":"< 9.2.0846","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-9jqx-hgpr-6v64","name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-9jqx-hgpr-6v64","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/05c41c922309c7a11b6ec2f124be66551c90d66a","name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/05c41c922309c7a11b6ec2f124be66551c90d66a","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0846","name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0846","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV4_0":{"attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":8.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-122","lang":"en","description":"CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow","type":"CWE"}]},{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-787","lang":"en","description":"CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"GitHub_M","orgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateUpdated":"2026-08-11T15:31:35.331Z"},"source":{"advisory":"GHSA-9jqx-hgpr-6v64","discovery":"UNKNOWN"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-08-13T15:17:40.993543Z","id":"CVE-2026-73072","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"total"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T18:43:35.569Z"}}]}}}