CVE-2007-2026
The gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted document with a large number of line feed characters, which
02 Description
The gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted document with a large number of line feed characters, which
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-04-13 18:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 13:23Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-04-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9f56eea5e1fc9acc806ac0e4ff33c0fc7ae660b251a1cadcf33eb338ba38c0c9
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174217
- secunia.com24918http://secunia.com/advisories/24918
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200704-13http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-13.xml
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=755AF709E5B77E6EA58479D5%40foxx.lsit.ucsb.edu&forum_name=amavis-user
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311
- www.amavis.orghttp://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt
- secunia.com25544http://secunia.com/advisories/25544
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:114http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114
- secunia.com25578http://secunia.com/advisories/25578
- www.securityfocus.com20070524 FLEA-2007-0022-1: filehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2071http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071
- secunia.com25394http://secunia.com/advisories/25394
- www.securityfocus.com24146http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- file Fixed in 4.20-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- file Fixed in 4.20-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- file Fixed in 4.20-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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