4.5 CVE-2024-41957
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
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41957
Categories
CWE-415 : Double Free
When a program calls free() twice with the same argument, the program's memory management data structures become corrupted. This corruption can cause the program to crash or, in some circumstances, cause two later calls to malloc() to return the same pointer. If malloc() returns the same value twice and the program later gives the attacker control over the data that is written into this doubly-allocated memory, the program becomes vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack.
References
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
security-advisories@github.com Patch
CPE
| cpe |
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| Configuration 1 |
| cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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< 9.1.0647 |
REMEDIATION
Patch
EXPLOITS
Exploit-db.com
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| No known exploits |
POC Github
Other Nist (github, ...)
CAPEC
Common Attack Pattern Enumerations and Classifications
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| No entry |
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