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Vim users should update immediately: a newly assigned vulnerability, CVE-2026-28420, allows a heap-based buffer overflow write and an out-of-bounds read in Vim’s terminal emulator when processing extreme Unicode combining sequences; the upstream fix appears in Vim patch v9.2.0076. (github.com)...

A subtle parsing bug in Vim’s Emacs-style tags handling has been assigned CVE-2026-28419: a heap-based buffer underflow that occurs when a malformed tags file places a delimiter at the very start of a line. The flaw is a one-byte, heap-based underflow in the emacs_tags_parse_line() logic in...

A newly disclosed vulnerability in Vim’s built‑in file‑browser plugin, netrw, can be used to inject and execute shell commands when a user opens a specially crafted remote URL (for example, using the scp:// protocol). The bug, tracked as CVE‑2026‑28417, affects Vim releases prior to 9.2.0073 and...

The Vim editor contains a path‑traversal flaw in its zip.vim plugin (CVE‑2025‑53906) that can let a specially crafted ZIP archive cause Vim to write files outside the intended directory — and while Microsoft has publicly attested that Azure Linux includes the vulnerable component, that...

A quiet but telling shift is underway within the Windows ecosystem: Microsoft has officially announced a new command-line text editor, aptly named Edit, slated for native inclusion in upcoming versions of Windows 11. This development, revealed by Christopher Nguyen, a product manager for Windows...

When Microsoft first unveiled the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), it signaled a major shift in how professionals and enthusiasts could harness both Windows and Linux tools within a single, seamless environment. No longer restricted to the moats separating the two operating systems...

You can change color schemes at anytime in vi by typing colorscheme followed by a space and the name of the color scheme. For more color schemes, you can browse this library on the vim website. You can enable or disable colors by simply typing “syntax on” or “syntax off” in vi.

Starting this morning, my Windows 7 is opening most applications in Vim (Vim is my editor of choice). The following is an itemized list of this bizarre behavior. From Start menu, most applications display the Vim icon (screen shot below). From Start menu, most applications open in Vim...

I am not sure where this problem is coming from. I have never seen this before with a shortcut. Is it a problem with VIM, Rocket Dock or Windows? The reason I ask if it could be VIM is because it is the only shortcuts that have this problem.