Packages
- vim - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
Details
Nathan Mills discovered that Vim could crash when parsing certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10
(CVE-2026-32249)
It was discovered that Vim did not properly sanitize user input. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.
(CVE-2026-33412)
Avishay Matayev discovered that Vim's modeline sandbox could be bypassed
when opening a maliciously-crafted file. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.10.
(CVE-2026-34982)
Nathan Mills discovered that Vim could crash when parsing certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10
(CVE-2026-32249)
It was discovered that Vim did not properly sanitize user input. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.
(CVE-2026-33412)
Avishay Matayev discovered that Vim's modeline sandbox could be bypassed
when opening a maliciously-crafted file. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.10.
(CVE-2026-34982)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 25.10 questing | vim – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 | |||
| vim-common – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 | |||
| vim-motif – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 | |||
| xxd – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 | |||
| 24.04 LTS noble | vim – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 | |||
| vim-common – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 | |||
| vim-motif – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 | |||
| xxd – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 | |||
| 22.04 LTS jammy | vim – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 | |||
| vim-common – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 | |||
| vim-gtk – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 | |||
| xxd – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 | |||
| 20.04 LTS focal | vim – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 | |||
| vim-common – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 | |||
| vim-gtk – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 | |||
| xxd – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 | |||
| 18.04 LTS bionic | vim – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | |||
| vim-common – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | |||
| vim-gnome – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | |||
| vim-gtk – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | |||
| xxd – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 | |||
| 16.04 LTS xenial | vim – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-athena-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-common – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-gnome – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-gnome-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-gtk – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-gtk-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-gtk3-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-nox-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 | |||
| 14.04 LTS trusty | vim – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 | |||
| vim-common – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 | |||
| vim-gnome – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 | |||
| vim-gtk – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 | |||
| vim-lesstif – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 | |||
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