CVE-2017-7875
feh - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.39%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-7875
To remediate CVE-2017-7875, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/feh—upgrade to 2.18-2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.12-1+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.3-2+deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-7875 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.18-2
- from 0, < 2.12-1+deb8u1
- from 0, < 2.3-2+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |