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.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1316-1 New emacs21 packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-2825 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-504-1 Emacs vulnerability
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Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00998}

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{'score': 0.01138}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:49:57.659Z

Reserved: 2007-05-24T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2833

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-06-21T20:30:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-2833

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