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Uncaught Exception Affecting emacs package, versions <1:24.3-23.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.85% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-EMACS-2165577
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Apr 2019
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Introduced: 14 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-11472  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-248  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 emacs to version 1:24.3-23.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs package and not the emacs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

ReadXWDImage in coders/xwd.c in the XWD image parsing component of ImageMagick 7.0.8-41 Q16 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (divide-by-zero error) by crafting an XWD image file in which the header indicates neither LSB first nor MSB first.

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