Buffer overflow in Feh Project
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. An integer overflow leads to a buffer overflow and/or a double free.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08 (vendor-advisory)
- feh.finalrewind.org/ (Product, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6d (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7875?
- CVE-2017-7875 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Feh Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-14.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7875?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.