CVE catalog
CVE-2017-7875
feh: CVE-2017-7875
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.27% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | feh | sid | 3.13.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | feh | forky | 3.13.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | feh | trixie | 3.10.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | feh | bookworm | 3.9.1-2 | fixed |
| Opensuse | feh | tumbleweed | 3.7-1.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | feh | 16.04 | 2.13.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | feh | 16.04 | 2.14-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | feh | source | sid | 2.18-2 | low | Not reported | [860367] |
| Debian | feh | source | forky | 2.18-2 | low | Not reported | [860367] |
| Debian | feh | source | trixie | 2.18-2 | low | Not reported | [860367] |
| Debian | feh | source | bookworm | 2.18-2 | low | Not reported | [860367] |
| Opensuse | feh | rpm | tumbleweed | 3.7-1.3 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10751-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [feh-zsh-completion]Unknown
Source package: [feh]
Details (1)
3.11.1-1.6· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
3.7-1.3Version impact unknown
dsa · feh · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [feh]Fixed
Source package: [feh]
Details (1)
3.11.1-1.6· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
3.7-1.3dsa · feh · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [feh]Fixed
Details (2)
3.9.1-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.18-2dsa · feh · debian · bookworm; dsa · feh · debian · 12
3.9.1-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.18-2dsa · feh · debian · bookworm; dsa · feh · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [feh]Fixed
Details (2)
3.10.3-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.18-2dsa · feh · debian · 13
3.10.3-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.18-2dsa · feh · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10751-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7875]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2219-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-899-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7875]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10751-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7875]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]