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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6d	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://feh.finalrewind.org/	Patch Product
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html

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Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-04-14 11:59

Updated : 2020-05-24 13:15

NVD link : CVE-2017-7875

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7875

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

feh_project

feh

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