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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…
High7.8EPSS 2.1%
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- mitre
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 is not well handled by OS/2 REXX regular expressions that use wildcards, as originally reported for AMaViS.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174217 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 24918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200704-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=755AF709E5B77E6EA58479D5%40foxx.lsit.ucsb.edu&forum_name=amavis-user (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25544 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:114 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 25578 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070524 FLEA-2007-0022-1: file (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24146 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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