CVE-2024-41957
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 4.5
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
Products: vim
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine 3.20 | vim | 9.1.0652-r0 |
| Alpine 3.21 | vim | 9.1.0652-r0 |
| Alpine 3.22 | vim | 9.1.0652-r0 |
| Alpine 3.23 | vim | 9.1.0652-r0 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-common | 2:9.1.785-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-data | 2:9.1.785-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-default-editor | 2:9.1.785-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-enhanced | 2:9.1.785-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-filesystem | 2:9.1.785-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-minimal | 2:9.1.785-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | xxd | 2:9.1.785-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Debian 12 | vim | no fix |
| Debian 13 | vim | 2:9.1.0698-1 |
| Debian 14 | vim | 2:9.1.0698-1 |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | vim | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.24 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | vim | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.18 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | vim | 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.2 |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | vim | 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm18 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | vim | 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm24 |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | vim | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm9 |