Description
libvterm through 0+bzr726, as used in Vim and other products, mishandles certain out-of-memory conditions, leading to a denial of service (application crash), related to screen.c, state.c, and vterm.c.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libvterm | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 14 | vim | 2:8.1.0693-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | libvterm | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | vim | 2:8.1.0693-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | libvterm | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | vim | 2:8.1.0693-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | libvterm | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | libvterm | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | libvterm | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | libvterm | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | libvterm | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | libvterm | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | libvterm | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | vim | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3 | USN-4309-1 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | vim | 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4 | USN-4309-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | vim | 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1 | USN-4309-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | libvterm | 0.1.4-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | libvterm | 0.1.4-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | libvterm | 0.1.4-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | libvterm | 0.1.4-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | libvterm | 0.1.4-r0 | — |
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.19 | libvterm | 0.1.4-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.18 | libvterm | 0.1.4-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.17 | libvterm | 0.1.4-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.16 | libvterm | 0.1.4-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.15 | libvterm | 0.1.4-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.14 | libvterm | 0.1.20190920-r1 | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | libvterm | 0.3.3-r4 | — |
Advisories 1
- USN-4309-1 vim vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Apr 27, 2026