feh: Arbitrary remote code execution A vulnerability in feh might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. feh 2017-07-08 2017-08-06 616470 remote 2.18.3 2.18.3

feh is an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users.

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered it was possible to trigger an out-of-boundary heap write with the image viewer feh while receiving an IPC message.

A remote attacker, pretending to be the E17 window manager, could possibly trigger an out-of-boundary heap write in feh while receiving an IPC message. This could result in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All feh users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/feh-2.18.3"
CVE-2017-7875 BlueKnight whissi