First published: Thu Jun 21 2007(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =4.0 | |
Mandrake Linux | =2007 | |
Mandrake Linux | =2007 | |
Mandrake Linux | =2007.1 | |
Mandriva Linux Corporate Server | =3.0 | |
Mandriva Linux Corporate Server | =3.0 | |
Mandriva Linux Corporate Server | =4.0 | |
Mandriva Linux Corporate Server | =4.0 | |
GNU Emacs | =21 |
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CVE-2007-2833 has a severity rating categorized as low due to its nature of causing a denial of service (crash) under user-assisted conditions.
To fix CVE-2007-2833, update Emacs to a version where this vulnerability is patched, specifically versions beyond 21.
CVE-2007-2833 affects GNU Emacs version 21 across various distributions of Debian Linux.
The exploitation of CVE-2007-2833 may result in Emacs crashing when processing certain crafted image files.
CVE-2007-2833 is less of a threat today as it pertains to older versions of Emacs, but users of outdated software should still be cautious.