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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08
Patch, Product x_refsource_confirm
https://feh.finalrewind.org/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6d
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0074
EPSS Percentile
73.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
feh_project/feh
< 2.18.2
Published
Apr 14, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026