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CVE-2007-2833

Emacs 21 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain crafted images, as demonstrated

Emacs 21 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain crafted images, as demonstrated via a GIF image in vm mode, related to image size calculation.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.01391
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
debian linuxall versions
gnu emacsall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD21 Jun 2007 · 08:30 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-504-1
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=408929
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1316
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:133
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24570
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