Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-7875
CVE-2017-7875
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
5- feh.finalrewind.orgnvdPatchProduct
- github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6dnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08nvd
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