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vim: Fix of CVE-2026-59857
Type: advisorySources: OSV
- CVE-2026-59857: bound the single-byte SAL result writes and the terminating NUL to MAXWLEN - 1 in spell_soundfold_sal() to prevent a stack out-of-bounds write with a crafted spell file (src/spell.c, upstream vim 9.2.0725)
- Products
- vim-X11, vim-common, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem, vim-minimal
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els39
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-59857
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 10:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
- CVE-2026-59857: bound the single-byte SAL result writes and the terminating NUL to MAXWLEN - 1 in spell_soundfold_sal() to prevent a stack out-of-bounds write with a crafted spell file (src/spell.c, upstream vim 9.2.0725)
osv:CLSA-2026-1784800448
vim-X11
Fixed versions: 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els39
vim-common
Fixed versions: 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els39
vim-enhanced
Fixed versions: 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els39
vim-filesystem
Fixed versions: 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els39
vim-minimal
Fixed versions: 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els39
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLSA-2026-1784800448",
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"title": "vim: Fix of CVE-2026-59857",
"summary": "- CVE-2026-59857: bound the single-byte SAL result writes and the terminating NUL to MAXWLEN - 1 in spell_soundfold_sal() to prevent a stack out-of-bounds write with a crafted spell file (src/spell.c, upstream vim 9.2.0725)",
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"modified": "2026-10-26T09:31:23.035716947Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"references": [
"https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/tuxcare9.6esu/CLSA-2026-1784800448.html",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59857"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 447627,
"published_at": "2026-07-23T09:54:34+00:00"
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