CVE-2024-41965

Public on 2024-08-01
Modified on 2024-08-02
Description
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.2
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 vim Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core vim Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 vim Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L