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
Published: April 14, 2017
Modified: May 13, 2026
Error type identifier: CWE-787

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      End including
      2.18.2