Out-of-bounds Write 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
1.44% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EMACSNOX-8012650
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed1 Jun 2018

Introduced: 1 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-16642  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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.

The function InsertRow in coders/cut.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-37 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file due to an out-of-bounds write.