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Resource Exhaustion Affecting emacs package, versions <1:24.3-23.el7

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.1% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-EMACS-2165635
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Aug 2017
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Introduced: 10 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12805  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (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.

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-6, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadTIFFImage, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

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