DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7875

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7875
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7875.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7875
Upstream
Published
2017-04-14T18:59:01Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:28Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / feh

Package

Name
feh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/feh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / feh

Package

Name
feh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/feh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / feh

Package

Name
feh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/feh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / feh

Package

Name
feh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/feh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}