CVE-2011-0702

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The feh_unique_filename function in utils.c in feh before 1.11.2 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/feh_ temporary file.

Affected products

Feh Project Feh: through 1.11.1; 1.3.5, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.5 (+8)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612035
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/14
http://secunia.com/advisories/43221
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/feh/+bug/607328
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676389
https://derf.homelinux.org/git/feh/commit/?id=23421a86cc826dd30f3dc4f62057fafb04b3ac40
https://derf.homelinux.org/git/feh/commit/?id=29ab0855f044ef2fe9c295b72abefcb37f0861a5
https://github.com/derf/feh/issues/#issue/32
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612035
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/14

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