| Name | CVE-2007-2833 |
| Description | Emacs 21 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain crafted images, as demonstrated via a GIF image in vm mode, related to image size calculation. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1316-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 408929 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emacs-snapshot | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| emacs21 | source | etch | 21.4a+1-3etch1 | DSA-1316-1 | ||
| emacs21 | source | (unstable) | 21.4a+1-5.1 | low | 408929 |
The bug is not present in emacs22 22.2+1-1. It was probably
fixed before the first emacs22 upload.