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CVE-2007-6109
Stack-based buffer overflow in emacs allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have…
High10.0EPSS 3.0%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (15)
- 27965 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-607-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 27984 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 29420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- emacs-unspecified-bo(38904) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:034 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 30109 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200712-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28838 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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