10.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2007-6109
Emacs Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 7, 2007, 11:46 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-6109 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu emacs
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-6109.

URL Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
http://secunia.com/advisories/27984
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38904
https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
http://secunia.com/advisories/27984
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38904
https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297
    Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27984
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034
    Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38904
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-607-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38904 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38904 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.13 }} -1.55%

score

0.85672

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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