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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2026· Updated May 22, 2026

Heap Buffer Overflow in vifm

CVE-2026-8997

Description

vifm is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow during the history merge process when saving the state file (vifminfo.json). This flaw occurs because the application lacks a runtime check on the length of history entries in release builds, potentially allowing a crafted long path or command in the history to cause memory corruption or application crashes. Releases from 0.12.1 to 0.14.3 (including) are considered vulnerable. This issue was fixed in commit 23063c7

Affected products

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  • vifm/vifmllm-create
    Range: >=0.12.1, <=0.14.3

Patches

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No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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