CVE-2024-41965
MEDIUM4.2EPSS 0.09%Published: 8/1/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/vimfrom 0, < 9.1.0652-r0
- Debian/vimfrom 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |