Fedora 43 vim Important NULL Pointer Issue CVE-2026-32249
fedora
March 17, 2026
patchlevel 148 Security fix for CVE-2026-32249
Summary
VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is an updated and improved version of the
vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is
still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features:
multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more.
Update Information:
patchlevel 148 Security fix for CVE-2026-32249
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Fri Mar 13 2026 Zdenek Dohnal
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2447110 - CVE-2026-32249 vim: NFA regex engine NULL pointer dereference
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447110
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-7eaf665007' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: vim
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 9.2.148
Release: 1.fc43
URL: https://www.vim.org/
Summary: The VIM editor
Topics Covered
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