CVE-2026-8997

Name	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
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	1137528

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vifm (PTS)	bullseye	0.10.1-4	vulnerable
	bookworm	0.12-1	vulnerable
	trixie	0.14-3	vulnerable
	forky, sid	0.14.4-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vifm	source	(unstable)	0.14.3-3			1137528

Notes

[trixie] - vifm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - vifm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - vifm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Fixed by: https://github.com/vifm/vifm/commit/23063c741f15a85621fd232dfc3ac5b779f6910d