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.
Published: 2007-06-21
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1316-1 New emacs21 packages fix denial of service
EUVD 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 Ubuntu USN USN-504-1 Emacs vulnerability
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00998}

epss

{'score': 0.01138}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Gnu Emacs
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Mandrake Linux Corporate Server
cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-06-21T20:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-2833

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