CVE-2026-8997
Heap Buffer Overflow in vifm
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 4.8EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
22 May 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
vifm · vifm