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CVE-2026-8997 Details

ANALYZED

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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

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NDDVolerionCVSS-B:4.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/05/CVE-2026-8997 [email protected]AdvisoryRemedy
https://github.com/vifm/vifm/commit/23063c741f15a85621fd232dfc3ac5b779f6910d [email protected]Source CodeVendor

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
vifm
>= 0.12.1, <= 0.14.3 (semver)

CPE

  • No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product.

Remediation

  • Upgrade: 0.14.4moderate effort

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-8997
NVD Published Date:
May 22, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Jul 23, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2026-8997 Details - Not Deferred