CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-57452

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt~04! or VimCrypt~05! method (xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature) whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflows and a subsequent decryption call reads far past the end of the input buffer, crashing Vim. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0671.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-191

How to fix

Remediation Available
VimWindows application
Affected:9.2.0671Fixed in:9.2.0671Bram Moolenaar et al.

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days
2ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 2% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
Product1
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-26.