Use After Free Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.1.0648)
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- published2 Aug 2024
- disclosed1 Aug 2024
- creditSuyue Guo
Introduced: 1 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-41965 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.1.0648 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to the dialog_changed process. An attacker can cause a crash by exploiting the double-free condition to trigger a heap-use-after-free error.
PoC
CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address -g" CXXFLAGS="-fsanitize=address -g" LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=address" ./configure --with-features=huge --enable-gui=none
export ASAN_OPTIONS=abort_on_error=1:detect_leaks=1:malloc_context_size=25:symbolize=1:log_path=./asan.log
make