Use After Free Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.1.0764)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.04% (11th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-8168843
- published 9 Oct 2024
- disclosed 7 Oct 2024
- credit gandalf4a
Introduced: 7 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-47814 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.1.0764 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the BufWinLeave auto command. An attacker can cause the application to crash by manipulating the auto command to reopen the same buffer in a new split window.
Note:
This is only exploitable if the user has intentionally set up such an auto command and runs some buffer unload commands.
PoC
vim -u NONE -i NONE -n -m -X -Z -e -s -S vim_huaf_522 -c :qa!