Use After Free Affecting emacs-terminal package, versions <1:24.3-23.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.63% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-EMACSTERMINAL-2163557
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Mar 2018

Introduced: 15 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-8804  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

NVD Description

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

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