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SUSE vim Important Denial of Service Code Execution Vulnern 2026-3677

SUSE vim Important Denial of Service Code Execution Vulnern 2026-3677

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • August 22, 2026

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## This update for vim fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-73070: stack buffer overflow in the socket server can lead to denial of service (bsc#1275018). * CVE-2026-73071: use-after-free in JSON decoding can lead to process crash (bsc#1275017). * CVE-2026-73072: heap buffer overflow when loading a spell file can lead to crash or potential code execution (bsc#1275016). * CVE-2026-73074: heap buffer overflow in text property handling can lead to a crash or potential code execution (bsc#1275015). * CVE-2026-73075: out-of-bounds access in popup opacity handling can lead to a conditional memory write (bsc#1275014). * CVE-2026-73076: arbitrary command execution via the vimball record file (bsc#1275013). * CVE-2026-73077: arbitrary code execution due to insecure shell command handling (bsc#1275012).

## This update for vim fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-73070: stack buffer overflow in the socket server can lead to denial of service (bsc#1275018). * CVE-2026-73071: use-after-free in JSON decoding can lead to process crash (bsc#1275017). * CVE-2026-73072: heap buffer overflow when loading a spell file can lead to crash or potential code execution (bsc#1275016). * CVE-2026-73074: heap buffer overflow in text property handling can lead to a crash or potential code execution (bsc#1275015). * CVE-2026-73075: out-of-bounds access in popup opacity handling can lead to a conditional memory write (bsc#1275014). * CVE-2026-73076: arbitrary command execution via the vimball record file (bsc#1275013). * CVE-2026-73077: arbitrary code execution due to insecure shell command handling (bsc#1275012).

* CVE-2026-73070 ( SUSE ): 5.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-73070 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2026-73070 ( NVD ): 6.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2026-73071 ( SUSE ): 2.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3677-1 Release Date: 2026-08-21T14:19:06Z Rating: important

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