CVE-2026-73070

Vim: Stack Buffer Overflow in the Vim Socket Server

CVE-2026-73070 is fixed in 13 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73070, released August 13, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0019
8th percentile

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0842, the socket server backend in src/socketserver.c accepts unbounded client connections in socketserver_accept(), causing descriptors to overflow fd_set structures in src/channel.c and fixed-size struct pollfd arrays in src/os_unix.c, which allows a local process that can connect to the server socket to corrupt stack memory or terminate the Vim server. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0842.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
vim · Debian 14 2:9.2.0858-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73070 Aug 13, 2026
vim · opensuse-leap 16.0 9.2.0957-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21671-1 Aug 28, 2026
vim · sles 15.6 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3680-1 Aug 21, 2026
vim · sles 15.7 9.2.0957-150500.20.64.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3680-1 Aug 21, 2026
vim · sles 16.0 9.2.0957-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23552-1 Aug 28, 2026
vim-common · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
vim-data · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
vim-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
vim-debugsource · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
vim-default-editor · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
vim-enhanced · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
vim-enhanced-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
vim-filesystem · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
vim-minimal · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
vim-minimal-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
xxd · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026
xxd-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2108 Aug 31, 2026

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