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Ubuntu Vim Critical Code Execution Denial of Service USN-8451-1

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security issues resolved in Vim for Ubuntu LTS releases, addressing arbitrary code execution risks and denial of service.
Several security issues were fixed in Vim.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Vim.

Software Description:

- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details:

Srinivas Piskala Ganesh Babu discovered that Vim incorrectly handled

directory names when serializing browsed paths to the netrw history file.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2026-47162)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled step-definition patterns in

the cucumber filetype plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-47167)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled import statements during

Python omni-completion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-52858)

Andrej Tomči discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain terminal

screen cells when taking a snapshot, leading to an out-of-bounds read. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Vim to crash, resulting in

a denial of service. (CVE-2026-52859)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical arbitrary code execution Ubuntu vim

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  vim                             2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
  vim-common                      2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
  vim-gtk3                        2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
  vim-gui-common                  2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
  vim-motif                       2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
  vim-nox                         2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
  vim-runtime                     2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
  vim-tiny                        2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
  xxd                             2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5

Ubuntu 25.10
  vim                             2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
  vim-athena                      2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
  vim-common                      2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
  vim-gtk3                        2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
  vim-gui-common                  2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
  vim-motif                       2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
  vim-nox                         2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
  vim-runtime                     2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
  vim-tiny                        2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
  xxd                             2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  vim                             2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
  vim-athena                      2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
  vim-common                      2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
  vim-gtk3                        2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
  vim-gui-common                  2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
  vim-motif                       2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
  vim-nox                         2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
  vim-runtime                     2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
  vim-tiny                        2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
  xxd                             2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  vim                             2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32
  vim-athena                      2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32
  vim-common                      2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32
  vim-gtk                         2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32
  vim-gtk3                        2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32
  vim-gui-common                  2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32
  vim-nox                         2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32
  vim-runtime                     2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32
  vim-tiny                        2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32
  xxd                             2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  vim                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-athena                      2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-common                      2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gtk                         2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gtk3                        2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gui-common                  2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-nox                         2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-runtime                     2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-tiny                        2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  xxd                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  vim                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-athena                      2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-common                      2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gnome                       2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gtk                         2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gtk3                        2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gui-common                  2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-nox                         2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-runtime                     2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-tiny                        2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  xxd                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-athena                      2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-athena-py2                  2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-common                      2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gnome                       2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gnome-py2                   2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gtk                         2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gtk-py2                     2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gtk3                        2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gtk3-py2                    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gui-common                  2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-nox                         2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-nox-py2                     2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-runtime                     2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-tiny                        2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  vim                             2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-athena                      2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-common                      2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gnome                       2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gtk                         2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-gui-common                  2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-lesstif                     2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-nox                         2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-runtime                     2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  vim-tiny                        2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8451-1

CVE-2026-47162, CVE-2026-47167, CVE-2026-52858, CVE-2026-52859,

CVE-2026-52860

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8451-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical arbitrary code execution Ubuntu vim

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32

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