CVE-2017-7875
N/A
Published: April 14, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFeh
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.18.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6dMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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