Vulnerability Database · Debian · Package report
vim: vulnerability history, versions and safety
vim is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 190 vulnerabilities for it across 63 releases, from Nov -0001 to Aug 2026. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.
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Vulert verdict on vim i
Updated on 23 Oct 2026
Careful: 104 of the 190 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package have no fix yet. Plan around those, or apply the workaround listed for each. The rest have a fixed version to move to.
What to do: Plan around the 104 vulnerabilities with no published fix: each lists the affected range and any workaround that reduces exposure. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →
- Vulnerabilities on record 190 over 2026 years · 37 in the last year i
- Latest disclosure 18 Aug 2026 i
- Highest CVSS 9.8 i
- With no published fix 104 i
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01 Versions
Which versions are affected
Every version Vulert holds for vim, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.
Newest 63 of 63 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.
02 Disclosure history
How often vulnerabilities are recorded
Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 37 of the 190 were recorded in the last 12 months.
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03 Vulnerabilities
Recorded vulnerabilities for vim
| Vulnerability | Severity | Fixed version ↓ | Disclosed ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in VIM Package | 9.8 critical | 2:8.1.2136-1 | 20 Jun 2023 |
| Vim Vulnerability: Command Injection via C Omni-Completion Script | 7.8 high | No fix published | 09 Jul 2026 |
| CVE-2023-3896: Divide By Zero in vim/vim | 7.8 high | No fix published | 07 Aug 2023 |
| Denial of Service Vulnerability in Vim 8.0 | 7.8 high | 2:8.0.0197-5 | 08 Jul 2017 |
| Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in Vim - CVE-2026-59856 | 7.8 high | No fix published | 09 Jul 2026 |
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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315
