VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2011-1031

low
Published 2011-02-14 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
3.3

Description

The feh_unique_filename function in utils.c in feh 1.11.2 and earlier might allow local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/feh_ temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0702.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.12-1
sid Fixed 1.12-1
forky Fixed 1.12-1
bullseye Fixed 1.12-1
bookworm Fixed 1.12-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
feh_projectfeh{"endIncluding":"1.11.2"}
feh_projectfeh1.3.5
feh_projectfeh1.4
feh_projectfeh1.4.1
feh_projectfeh1.4.2
feh_projectfeh1.4.3
feh_projectfeh1.5
feh_projectfeh1.6
feh_projectfeh1.6.1
feh_projectfeh1.7
feh_projectfeh1.8
feh_projectfeh1.9
feh_projectfeh1.10
feh_projectfeh1.10.1
feh_projectfeh1.11
feh_projectfeh1.11.1

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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