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[USN-8171-1] Vim vulnerabilities

Posted on 14 April 2026
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8171-1
April 13, 2026

vim vulnerabilities
==========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Vim.

Software Description:
- 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)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.10
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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-athena 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-common 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk3 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gui-common 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-nox 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-runtime 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-tiny 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
xxd 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-athena 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-common 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gnome 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk3 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gui-common 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-nox 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-runtime 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-tiny 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
xxd 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-athena 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-athena-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-common 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gnome 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gnome-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk3 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk3-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gui-common 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-nox 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-nox-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-runtime 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-tiny 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-athena 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gnome 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gui-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-lesstif 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-nox 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-runtime 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-tiny 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8171-1
CVE-2026-32249, CVE-2026-33412, CVE-2026-34982

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27

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