FKIE_CVE-2007-2833

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-06-21 20:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:40
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=408929
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26987
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1316
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:133
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24570
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018277
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-504-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1490
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=408929
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1316
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:133
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24570
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018277
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-504-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1490
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
debian debian_linux 4.0
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007.1
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux_corporate_server 3.0
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux_corporate_server 3.0
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux_corporate_server 4.0
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux_corporate_server 4.0
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