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Daniel Cervera discovered that Vim incorrectly handled loading spell files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-45130)
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
},
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
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},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
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}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-44656"
},
{
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H"
},
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
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},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
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}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-45130"
}
]
}