Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0698, the single-byte branch of spell_soundfold_sofo() in src/spell.c translates a word through a spell file's SOFO (sound-folding) byte map into a caller-owned result buffer. Its copy loop advances the output index ri with no upper bound and terminates only on the input NUL, writing one byte per input byte into the MAXWLEN-element stack buffer the caller provides. A word longer than MAXWLEN, passed to soundfold() (or reached via sound-based spell suggestion) while a SOFO-based spell language is active, therefore writes past the end of that buffer. This is a stack out-of-bounds write that corrupts the call frame and crashes the editor. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0698.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-X11Upgrade vim-enhanced | Aug 2, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade vim | Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade vim-debugsourceUpgrade vim-debuginfoUpgrade vim-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-enhanced-debuginfoUpgrade xxd-debuginfoUpgrade xxdUpgrade vim-dataUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-default-editorUpgrade vim-common | Jul 21, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Redhat Openshift | — | Upgrade ose-rhel-coreos | Aug 19, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade vim-X11Upgrade vim-debuginfoUpgrade vim-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-dataUpgrade xxd-debuginfoUpgrade vim-common-debuginfoUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-debugsourceUpgrade vim-X11-debuginfoUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade xxdUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-enhanced-debuginfo | Jul 17, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade vim-common-debuginfoUpgrade vim-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-X11Upgrade vim-X11-debuginfoUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-debugsourceUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-debuginfoUpgrade vim-enhanced-debuginfo | Aug 3, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-gtk-py2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gui-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-runtimeUpgrade vim-tiny (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gtk (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-nox (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gnome (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gui-commonUpgrade vim-gtk3-py2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-noxUpgrade vim-athenaUpgrade vim-gnome-py2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-athena (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xxd (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-athena-py2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-runtime (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gtk3Upgrade vimUpgrade vim-tinyUpgrade vim-gtkUpgrade vim-lesstif (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-nox-py2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-motifUpgrade xxd | Jul 5, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 13, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
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