CVE-2007-2833

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.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.00% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1316	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018277	vdb entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=408929
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-504-1	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24570	vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:133	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987	third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1490

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2833?: CVE-2007-2833 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2833?: To fix CVE-2007-2833, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2833 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-2833 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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