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CVE-2024-41965

Vim < v9.1.0648 has a double-free in dialog_changed()

Published: 8/1/2024 Last updated: 11/15/2024 Reserved: 7/24/2024

Vim is an open source command line text editor. double-free in dialog_changed() in Vim < v9.1.0648. When abandoning a buffer, Vim may ask the user what to do with the modified buffer. If the user wants the changed buffer to be saved, Vim may create a new Untitled file, if the buffer did not have a name yet. However, when setting the buffer name to Unnamed, Vim will falsely free a pointer twice, leading to a double-free and possibly later to a heap-use-after-free, which can lead to a crash. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.0648.

CNA assigner: GitHub_M (a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 4.2 Medium CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Opam packages affected (1)

conf-vim

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
vim vim v2.4.0

References (3)