# 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-bound

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-04-14 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-08
- https://feh.finalrewind.org/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97689
- https://github.com/derf/feh/commit/f7a547b7ef8fc8ebdeaa4c28515c9d72e592fb6d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00021.html

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