Improper Input Validation 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
0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EMACSNOX-8012646
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed21 Aug 2018

Introduced: 21 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15607  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (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 7.0.8-11 Q16, a tiny input file 0x50 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x4c 0x36 0x38 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x1f 0x35 0x50 0x00 can result in a hang of several minutes during which CPU and memory resources are consumed until ultimately an attempted large memory allocation fails. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.