CVE-2017-7875

Published: Apr 14, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

In wallpaper.c in feh before v2.18.3, if a malicious client pretends to be the E17 window manager, it is possible to trigger an out-of-boundary heap write while receiving an IPC message. An integer overflow leads to a buffer overflow and/or a double free.

Affected (1)

Products: Feh Project: Feh

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Feh Project Feh	Up to 2.18.2

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (10)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://feh.finalrewind.org/

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchProduct

https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6d

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://feh.finalrewind.org/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchProduct

https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6d

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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