CVE-2007-2833
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2007-2833 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2007-06-21 20:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2008-09-05 21:24:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | alpha | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | amd64 | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | arm | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | hppa | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | ia-32 | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | ia-64 | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | m68k | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | mips | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | mipsel | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | powerpc | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | s-390 | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | sparc | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | alpha | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | amd64 | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | arm | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | hppa | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | ia-32 | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | ia-64 | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | m68k | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | mips | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | mipsel | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | powerpc | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | s-390 | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | sparc | All |
| Application | Gnu | Emacs | 21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Emacs | 21 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux | 2007 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux | 2007 | All | x86_64 | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux | 2007.1 | All | x86_64 | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux | 2007 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux | 2007 | All | x86_64 | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux | 2007.1 | All | x86_64 | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux Corporate Server | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux Corporate Server | 3.0 | All | x86_64 | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux Corporate Server | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux Corporate Server | 4.0 | All | x86_64 | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux Corporate Server | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux Corporate Server | 3.0 | All | x86_64 | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux Corporate Server | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Mandrakesoft | Mandrake Linux Corporate Server | 4.0 | All | x86_64 | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| USN-504-1: Emacs vulnerability | Ubuntu | UBUNTU | www.ubuntu.com | |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Security Announcement | SUSE | www.novell.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1316-1 emacs21 | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | |
| #408929 - emacs21: crash on spam - Debian Bug report logs | CONFIRM | bugs.debian.org | |
| GNU Emacs Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | SECTRACK | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Advisories - Mandriva Linux | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | |
| GNU Emacs Image Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1490 | CONFIRM | issues.rpath.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2007-06-26 | Mark J Cox | Red Hat does not consider a user-assisted crash of a user application such as Emacs to be a security issue. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.