CVE-2025-55158

Vim double-free vulnerability during Vim9 script import operations

State
Published
Severity
6.9 Medium
Published
Aug 11, 2025
Updated
Aug 12, 2025
Reserved
Aug 7, 2025

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Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. In versions from 9.1.1231 to before 9.1.1406, when processing nested tuples during Vim9 script import operations, an error during evaluation can trigger a double-free in Vim’s internal typed value (typval_T) management. Specifically, the clear_tv() function may attempt to free memory that has already been deallocated, due to improper lifetime handling in the handle_import / ex_import code paths. The vulnerability can only be triggered if a user explicitly opens and executes a specially crafted Vim script. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.1406.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
vimvim
  • >= 9.1.1231, < 9.1.1406Affected

References

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