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
Published Apr 13, 2007
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.09%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
- 4.20
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of file as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.09% (0.02092) | 80.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.09% (0.02092) | 79.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 7, 2026 | 3.70% (0.03698) | 88.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.38% (0.02375) | 83.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 18.41% (0.18412) | 96.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 23, 2024 | 14.27% (0.14266) | 95.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 16.57% (0.16574) | 96.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 18.41% (0.18412) | 96.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 8.92% (0.08924) | 94.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 8, 2024 | 5.95% (0.05947) | 92.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 5.87% (0.05866) | 92.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2023 | 4.25% (0.04248) | 91.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | 3.04% (0.03043) | 89.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2023 | 2.02% (0.02024) | 87.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.47% (0.01473) | 84.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (16)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24918 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25394 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25544 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25578 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=755AF709E5B77E6EA58479D5%40foxx.lsit.ucsb.edu&forum_name=amavis-user x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2026 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174217 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2026
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2026
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