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 is not well handled by OS/2 REXX regular expressions that use wildcards, as originally reported for AMaViS.

Published: 2007-04-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-2026 is rated Moderate Risk (57.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.09%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2026

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.70% 2.09% -1.61%
2 2026-05-07 2.97% 3.70% +0.72%
3 2026-01-29 — 2.97% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2026

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2026

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-2026

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-2026 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (file), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2026
gentoo normal CVE-2007-2026: 2 GLSA(s) (200704-13, 201412-11), 2 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs, sys-apps/file); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-2026
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2026
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-2026 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (file), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2026

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-2026

  • Red Hat (2007-06-07T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of file as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2026

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
amavis virus_scanner — cpe:2.3:a:amavis:virus_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo file 4.20 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:file:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2026

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