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#2887·ImHex

[Bug] Crash when loading a file

Author: DeishelonCreated Sep 8, 2026Updated Sep 8, 2026
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Operating System

Linux

What's the issue you encountered?

Upon opening a file - ImHex crashes on Linux with AppImage.

How can the issue be reproduced?

  1. Open imhex-1.38.1-x86_64.AppImage
  2. Drag and drop file to open it
  3. Crash

ImHex Version

1.38.1

ImHex Build Type

  • Nightly or built from sources

Installation type

AppImage

Additional context?

ImHex Log:

~$ /home/npustovoi/Apps/imhex-1.38.1-x86_64.AppImage 
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Welcome to ImHex 1.38.1!
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Compiled using commit v1.38.X@76cf877
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Running on Linux 7.0.0-30-generic #30~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Aug  7 13:27:52 UTC 2 (x86_64)
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Linux distribution: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS. Version: 24.04
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Native scaling set to: 1.0
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Using 'Intel' GPU
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Setting up environment' finished successfully in 0 ms
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Creating directories' finished successfully in 14 ms
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Loading settings' finished successfully in 0 ms
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'fonts.hexpluglib'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'ui.hexpluglib'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'builtin.hexplug'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'decompress.hexplug'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'diffing.hexplug'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'disassembler.hexplug'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'hashes.hexplug'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'remote.hexplug'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'script_loader.hexplug'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'visualizers.hexplug'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Loading plugin 'yara_rules.hexplug'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Library 'fonts.hexpluglib' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Library 'ui.hexpluglib' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /home/npustovoi/.local/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /usr/local/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /usr/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /usr/share/plasma/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /usr/share/gnome/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /home/npustovoi/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /var/lib/snapd/desktop/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/local/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/local/lib/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /home/npustovoi/.local/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /usr/local/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /usr/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /usr/share/plasma/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /usr/share/gnome/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /home/npustovoi/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /var/lib/snapd/desktop/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/local/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/local/lib/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [builtin | Init Tasks]       Extracting always_auto_extract/magic/magic.mgc to /home/npustovoi/.local/share/imhex/magic/magic.mgc
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Layout unlocked
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'builtin.hexplug' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'decompress.hexplug' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'diffing.hexplug' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'disassembler.hexplug' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'hashes.hexplug' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'remote.hexplug' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'script_loader.hexplug' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'visualizers.hexplug' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Plugin 'yara_rules.hexplug' initialized successfully
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Loading plugins' finished successfully in 58 ms
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Load Window Settings' finished successfully in 0 ms
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          Task 'Configuring UI scale' finished successfully in 0 ms
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Checking for updat]  Task 'Checking for updates' finished successfully in 0 ms
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Init Tasks]          ImHex fully started in 83ms
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Switching to workspace 'Default'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Switching to workspace 'Default'
[17:16:10] [INFO]  [main | Main]                Updating workspace
[17:16:13] [ERROR] [main | ???]                 Terminating from non-main thread, scheduling termination on main thread
Aborted (core dumped)

Coredump:

$ coredumpctl info
           PID: 1908646 (ImHex \360\237\224\215)
           UID: 1000 (npustovoi)
           GID: 1000 (npustovoi)
        Signal: 6 (ABRT)
     Timestamp: Tue 2026-09-08 17:16:13 NZST (5s ago)
  Command Line: /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/bin/imhex
    Executable: /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/bin/imhex
 Control Group: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/[email protected]/app.slice/app-org.kde.konsole-d8608c770ec842b6930cd27643c1ab0b.scope
          Unit: [email protected]
     User Unit: app-org.kde.konsole-d8608c770ec842b6930cd27643c1ab0b.scope
         Slice: user-1000.slice
     Owner UID: 1000 (npustovoi)
       Boot ID: 32af0ccef00d44af94e0e0b51922e210
    Machine ID: b29aedec7ed14f95b74e776852c45bee
      Hostname: NAVPF55DSNF-IPD
       Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.ImHex\x20\x5c360\x5c237\x5c224\x5c215.1000.32af0ccef00d44af94e0e0b51922e210.1908646.1788844573000000.zst (present)
  Size on Disk: 10.9M
       Message: Process 1908646 (ImHex \360\237\224\215) of user 1000 dumped core.
                
                Module /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0.38.0 from deb systemd-255.4-1ubuntu8.amd64
                Module /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.so.1.5.5 from deb libzstd-1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.amd64
                Module /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/runtime/compat/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 from deb gcc-14-14.2.0-4ubuntu2~24.04.amd64
                Module /tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/runtime/compat/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 from deb gcc-14-14.2.0-4ubuntu2~24.04.amd64
                Stack trace of thread 1908733:
                #0  0x000075e17889eb2c n/a (/tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/runtime/compat/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 + 0x9eb2c)
                #1  0x00006378be1b5bd1 n/a (/tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/bin/imhex + 0x42bd1)
                #2  0x00006378be190479 n/a (/tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/bin/imhex + 0x1d479)
                #3  0x000075e178cbb0da n/a (/tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/runtime/compat/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 + 0xbb0da)
                #4  0x000075e178ca5a55 n/a (/tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/runtime/compat/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 + 0xa5a55)
                #5  0x000075e178cbb391 n/a (/tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/runtime/compat/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 + 0xbb391)
                #6  0x000075e1798bab90 n/a (/tmp/.mount_imhex-FpFiiL/usr/lib/libimhex.so.1.38.1 + 0x8bab90)
                ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64

Source: WerWolv/ImHex

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