CVE-2026-32249

MEDIUM

5.3

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. From 9.1.0011 to before 9.2.0137, Vim's NFA regex compiler, when encountering a collection containing a combining character as the endpoint of a character range (e.g. [0-0\u05bb]), incorrectly emits the composing bytes of that character as separate NFA states. This corrupts the NFA postfix stack, resulting in NFA_START_COLL having a NULL out1 pointer. When nfa_max_width() subsequently traverses the compiled NFA to estimate match width for the look-behind assertion, it dereferences state->out1->out without a NULL check, causing a segmentation fault. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0137.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.3

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published3/12/2026

Last Modified3/18/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

vim:vim

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/36d6e87542cf823d833e451e09a90ee429899cec(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0137(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-9phh-423r-778r(security-advisories@github.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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