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[Bug] Crash when opening a file from command line #2715

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Description

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Operating System

Linux

What's the issue you encountered?

Tried to open a file from the command line but ImHex just stopped responding

How can the issue be reproduced?

8-1-2025_18-15.txt

File extension is originally .ORI but it was renamed for uploading to GitHub

Open the above file from the command line using imhex 8-1-2025_18-15.ORI

$ imhex 8-1-2025_18-15.ORI 
[09:51:34] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Welcome to ImHex 1.38.1!
[09:51:34] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Compiled using commit master@5ae17d8
[09:51:34] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Running on Linux 6.19.12-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:36:29 +0000 (x86_64)
[09:51:34] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Linux distribution: Arch Linux. Version: None
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Native scaling set to: 1.0
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Using 'Intel' GPU
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Setting up environment' finished successfully in 0 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Creating directories' finished successfully in 2 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Loading settings' finished successfully in 0 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Library 'fonts.hexpluglib' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Library 'ui.hexpluglib' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /home/puppy/.local/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /home/puppy/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /usr/local/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /usr/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /home/puppy/.local/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /home/puppy/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /usr/local/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /usr/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Layout unlocked
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'builtin.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'decompress.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'diffing.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'disassembler.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'hashes.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'remote.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'script_loader.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'visualizers.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'yara_rules.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Loading plugins' finished successfully in 6 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Load Window Settings' finished successfully in 0 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Configuring UI scale' finished successfully in 0 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO]  [main | Checking for updat]  Task 'Checking for updates' finished successfully in 0 ms
double free or corruption (out)
[09:51:35] [ERROR] [main | Checking for updat]  Terminating from non-main thread, scheduling termination on main thread
Killed                     imhex 8-1-2025_18-15.ORI

ImHex Version

1.38.1-1

ImHex Build Type

  • Nightly or built from sources

Installation type

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/imhex

Additional context?

  • Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma
  • Window Manager: KWin (Wayland)

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