Vim is a greatly improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi. Vim allows to redirect screen messages using the `:redir` ex command to register, variables and files. It also allows to show the contents of registers using the `:registers` or `:display` ex command. When redirecting the output of `:display` to a register, Vim will free the register content before storing the new content in the register. Now when redirecting the `:display` command to a register that is being displayed, Vim will free the content while shortly afterwards trying to access it, which leads to a use-after-free. Vim pre 9.1.1115 checks in the ex_display() function, that it does not try to redirect to a register while displaying this register at the same time. However this check is not complete, and so Vim does not check the `+` and `*` registers (which typically donate the X11/clipboard registers, and when a clipboard connection is not possible will fall back to use register 0 instead. In Patch 9.1.1115 Vim will therefore skip outputting to register zero when trying to redirect to the clipboard registers `*` or `+`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c0f0e2380e5954f4a52a131bf6b8 | Patch |
| https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-63p5-mwg2-787v | Vendor Advisory |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0003/ | Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2025-02-18 19:15
Updated : 2025-08-18 18:23
NVD link : CVE-2025-26603
Mitre link : CVE-2025-26603
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-26603
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Products Affected
netapp
- hci_compute_node
vim
- vim
CWE
CWE-416
Use After Free