Unscored severity · published Dec 7, 2007
CVE-2007-6109
Stack-based buffer overflow in emacs allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a large…
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CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in emacs allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a large precision value in an integer format string specifier to the format function, as demonstrated via a certain "emacs -batch -eval" command line.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Emacs · Gnu
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6109
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6109
bugs.gentoo.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297
docs.info.apple.com
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/27984
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