VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-7875
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.27%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.27% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- feh project/feh
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://feh.finalrewind.org/Patch, Product
- https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6dPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://feh.finalrewind.org/Patch, Product
- https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6dPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.