CVE-2024-41965

MEDIUM

Vim < 9.1.0648 - Use After Free

Title source: rule

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.2
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 26.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-415 CWE-416
Status published

Affected Products (1)

vim/vim < 9.1.0648

Timeline

Published Aug 01, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026