CVE-2026-8997

A flaw was found in vifm, a file manager. This vulnerability, a heap buffer overflow, occurs when the application saves its state file vifminfo.json during the history merge process. A local user could exploit this by introducing a specially crafted, excessively long path or command into the...

Vifm security vulnerabilities

Vifm is a Vim-style file manager developed by Vifm. Versions 0.12.1 to 0.14.3 of Vifm contain security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities stem from heap buffer overflows during historical merges, which could lead to memory corruption or application crashes...