CVE-2024-41957
MEDIUMVim < 9.1.0647 - Double Free in Tagstack Data Handling
Title source: llmDescription
Vim is an open source command line text editor. Vim < v9.1.0647 has double free in src/alloc.c:616. When closing a window, the corresponding tagstack data will be cleared and freed. However a bit later, the quickfix list belonging to that window will also be cleared and if that quickfix list points to the same tagstack data, Vim will try to free it again, resulting in a double-free/use-after-free access exception. Impact is low since the user must intentionally execute vim with several non-default flags, but it may cause a crash of Vim. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.0647
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33
Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0007/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f9cr-gv85-hcr4
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8a0bbe7b8aad6f8da28dee218c01bc8a0185a
Scores
CVSS v3
4.5
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
27.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-415
Status
published
Products (1)
vim/vim
< 9.1.0647
Published
Aug 01, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026