Upstream information

CVE-2026-8997 at MITRE

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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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (cvd@cert.pl)
Base Score 4.8
Vector 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1273413 [NEW]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7
  • vifm >= 0.14.4-bp157.2.3.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-2026-276
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • vifm >= 0.14.4-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-10928


Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 vifm Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jun 2 11:24:32 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Aug 5 20:25:25 2026