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CVE-2017-7875 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://feh.finalrewind.org/ CVEPatchProduct
https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6d CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
feh project feh
<= 2.18.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7875
NVD Published Date:
Apr 14, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-7875 Details - Not Deferred