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 wan…
Medium CVSS 4.2
Summary
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 …
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b29f4abcd4b3382fa746edd1d0562b7b48c Patch
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-46pw-v7qw-xc2f Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241115-0002/ Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD