CVE-2024-41957

Aug. 1, 2024, 10:15 p.m.

4.5
Medium

Description

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

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Vim
  • < 9.1.0647

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-415
Double Free
The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8a0bbe7b8aad6f8da28dee218c01bc8a0185a
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f9cr-gv85-hcr4

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-415
2024-08-01
CVE-2024-41957

CVSS Score

4.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: LOW

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 1, 2024, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 1, 2024, 10:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

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