| Name | CVE-2024-41965 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| vim (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u11 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u7 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u11 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u6 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2 | vulnerable | |
| sid, trixie | 2:9.1.0861-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vim | source | (unstable) | 2:9.1.0698-1 | unimportant |
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-46pw-v7qw-xc2f
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b29f4abcd4b3382fa746edd1d0562b7b48c9de60 (v9.1.0648)