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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-9phh-423r-778r
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/36d6e87542cf823d833e451e09a90ee429899cec
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0137
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
3.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (1)
vim/vim
9.1.0011 - 9.1.0137
Published
Mar 12, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 13, 2026