Source: vifm Version: 0.14-3 Severity: important Tags: security upstream X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for vifm. CVE-2026-8997[0]: | 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 If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-8997 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8997 [1] https://github.com/vifm/vifm/commit/23063c741f15a85621fd232dfc3ac5b779f6910d Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
