Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting emacs-nox package, versions <1:24.3-23.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.91% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EMACSNOX-1525930
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Mar 2019

Introduced: 22 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-9956  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 emacs-nox to version 1:24.3-23.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1180.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-nox package and not the emacs-nox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.