patch 8.0.1421: accessing invalid memory with overlong byte sequence commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e6640ad44e2186bd3642b972115496d347cd1fdd Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Fri Dec 22 21:06:56 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.1421: accessing invalid memory with overlong byte sequence Problem: Accessing invalid memory with overlong byte sequence. Solution: Check for NUL character. (test by Dominique Pelle, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2485)

README_unix.txt for version 8.0 of Vim: Vi IMproved.

This file explains the installation of Vim on Unix systems.
See "README.txt" for general information about Vim.


When you use the source distribution, "make install" is used to install Vim.
See the "INSTALL" file in the "src" directory.

If you use a compiled package, follow the instructions for the package.