Bug 2387860 (CVE-2025-55158) - CVE-2025-55158 vim: Vim double-free vulnerability during Vim9 script import operations
Summary: CVE-2025-55158 vim: Vim double-free vulnerability during Vim9 script import o...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-55158
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-08-12 16:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-08-14 14:28 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-12 16:01:52 UTC
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.


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