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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-boun…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.3%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201707-08 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • feh.finalrewind.org / · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/97689 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • github.com /derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6d · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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