DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8997
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
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8997
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8997
vifm
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 0.12-1
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.13-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.14-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.14-2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.14-3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.14.3-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.14.3-2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.14.3-3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.14.4-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
vifm
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- 0.14-3
Source reference:
/affected/1/versions0.14.3-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions0.14.3-2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions0.14.3-3Source reference:
/affected/1/versions0.14.4-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
vifm
Source reference: /affected/2/package/name
- Affected versions
- 0.14-3
Source reference:
/affected/2/versions0.14.3-1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions0.14.3-2Source reference:
/affected/2/versions - Fixed versions
- 0.14.3-3
Source reference:
/affected/2/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "vifm",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/vifm?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"versions": [
"0.12-1",
"0.13-1",
"0.14-1",
"0.14-2",
"0.14-3",
"0.14.3-1",
"0.14.3-2",
"0.14.3-3",
"0.14.4-1"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8997.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "vifm",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/vifm?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"versions": [
"0.14-3",
"0.14.3-1",
"0.14.3-2",
"0.14.3-3",
"0.14.4-1"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8997.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.14.3-3"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "vifm",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/vifm?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"versions": [
"0.14-3",
"0.14.3-1",
"0.14.3-2"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8997.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
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