CVE-2024-41965

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.

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-41965 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-41965.

URL	Resource
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b29f4abcd4b3382fa746edd1d0562b7b48c
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-46pw-v7qw-xc2f
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41965
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241115-0002/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41965