Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2024-47814

 

Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2024-47814

Published: October 7, 2024 / Updated: October 16, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98053
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47814
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and crash the application.



Affected software

Vim
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
Ubuntu
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-X11
vim
vim-filesystem
vim-minimal
vim-enhanced
vim-debugsource
vim-debuginfo
vim-common
vim-data-common
vim-data
gvim-debuginfo
gvim
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-small
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
SmartFabric OS10

How to mitigate CVE-2024-47814

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.1.0764
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 8.321
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.29, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.21, 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.5, 2:9.1.0496-1ubuntu6.2
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift - update to 03.02.04.00
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.28.00.14
vim-X11 - update to 9.0-28
vim - update to 9.0-28
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0-28
vim-minimal - update to 9.0-28
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0-28
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0-28
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0-28
vim-common - update to 9.0-28
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.1.0836-17.38.1, 9.1.0836-150500.20.15.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 9.1.0836-17.38.1, 9.1.0836-150500.20.15.1
vim - addressed in versions 9.1.0836-17.38.1, 9.1.0836-150500.20.15.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.1.0836-17.38.1, 9.1.0836-150500.20.15.1
gvim - addressed in versions 9.1.0836-17.38.1, 9.1.0836-150500.20.15.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.1.0836-17.38.1, 9.1.0836-150500.20.15.1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.1.0836-17.38.1, 9.1.0836-150500.20.15.1
vim-small-debuginfo - update to 9.1.0836-150500.20.15.1
vim-small - update to 9.1.0836-150500.20.15.1
SmartFabric OS10 - update to 10.6.0.3

External References

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