Is CVE-2007-2026 actively exploited?

CVE-2007-2026 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-09.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-2026?

CVE-2007-2026 has a CVSS score of 7.8 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

How do I patch CVE-2007-2026?

Patch guidance is available from amavis security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2007-2026.

Which products are affected by CVE-2007-2026?

2 products: amavis virus scanner, gentoo file.

CVE-2007-2026 - remediation guidance & executive summary

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: complete
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: AMAVIS
Published: 4/13/2007
Last Modified: 4/9/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2007-2026

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