UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7875
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7875
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7875.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7875
- Upstream
- Published
- 2017-04-14T18:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-18T16:43:58Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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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