CVE-2017-7875 | BDVDB-2026-84296 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08
https://feh.finalrewind.org/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689
https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6d
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-04-14Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.