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Alpine Linux: CVE-2024-41965: Double Free

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2024-41965: Double Free

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/01/2024
Created
10/02/2024
Added
10/01/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-vim

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