Description
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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DSA |
DSA-1316-1 | New emacs21 packages fix denial of service |
EUVD |
EUVD-2007-2825 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-504-1 | Emacs vulnerability |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T13:49:57.659Z
Reserved: 2007-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2007-2833
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Status : Modified
Published: 2007-06-21T20:30:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2007-2833
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN