USN-8541-1: vim Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 14-07-2026Last modified 15-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-8541-1 is a vulnerability in vim Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
Not scored
0%100%
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 3 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CVE-2026-59856CVE-2026-59857CVE-2026-59858

Timeline

  1. 14-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

vim vulnerabilities Hirohito Higashi discovered that Vim incorrectly escaped class or trait names when performing PHP omni-completion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trick a user into opening a specially crafted PHP file and executing arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-59856) Hirohito Higashi discovered that Vim incorrectly handled sound-folding of certain words when using a spell file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Vim to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-59857) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly escaped certain tags file fields when performing C omni-completion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file and executing arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-59858)

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • vim< 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 | < 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 | < 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 | < 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 | < 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 | < 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 | < 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7

1 vendor · 1 product

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