CVE-2024-47814 (GCVE-0-2024-47814)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-07 21:16 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:40
VLAI
Title
use-after-free when closing buffers in Vim
Summary
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. A use-after-free was found in Vim < 9.1.0764. When closing a buffer (visible in a window) a BufWinLeave auto command can cause an use-after-free if this auto command happens to re-open the same buffer in a new split window. Impact is low since the user must have intentionally set up such a strange auto command and run some buffer unload commands. However this may lead to a crash. This issue has been addressed in version 9.1.0764 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Severity
3.9 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-08 14:12 UTC
CWE
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7856 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
vim vim Affected: < v9.1.0764
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