Out-of-bounds Write Affecting emacs-filesystem package, versions <1:24.3-23.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.12% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-EMACSFILESYSTEM-2553202
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Mar 2019

Introduced: 24 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-9956  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 emacs-filesystem to version 1:24.3-23.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1180.

NVD Description

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

In ImageMagick 7.0.8-35 Q16, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function PopHexPixel of coders/ps.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or code execution via a crafted image file.