Vulnerability CVE-2017-7875: Information
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.
Severity: CRITICAL (9.8)
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH (7.5)
Vector: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Fixed packages
Package name | Branch | Fixed in version | Version from repository | Errata ID | Task # | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| feh | sisyphus | 3.5-alt1 | 3.12.1-alt1 | ALT-PU-2020-3072-1 | 260101 | Fixed |
| feh | p11 | 3.5-alt1 | 3.10.2-alt1 | ALT-PU-2020-3072-1 | 260101 | Fixed |
| feh | p10 | 3.5-alt1 | 3.7-alt1 | ALT-PU-2020-3072-1 | 260101 | Fixed |
| feh | p9 | 3.5-alt1 | 3.5-alt1 | ALT-PU-2020-3091-1 | 260102 | Fixed |
| feh | c10f2 | 3.5-alt1 | 3.7-alt1 | ALT-PU-2020-3072-1 | 260101 | Fixed |
| feh | c9f2 | 2.16-alt1.c9f2.1 | 2.16-alt1.c9f2.1 | ALT-PU-2022-2030-1 | 301611 | Fixed |
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689 |
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| https://feh.finalrewind.org/ |
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| https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6d |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08 |