CVE-2007-2833
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2007-2833 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2007-06-21 20:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 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
Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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 |
| 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 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 |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNU Emacs Image Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| #408929 - emacs21: crash on spam - Debian Bug report logs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.debian.org | |
| GNU Emacs Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Security Announcement | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.novell.com | |
| issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1490 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.rpath.com | |
| USN-504-1: Emacs vulnerability | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Advisories - Mandriva Linux | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1316-1 emacs21 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.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.