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HIGH CVSS 2.0
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 Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
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
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Emacs, which could allow for a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.
  • Update the affected package.
  • Upgrade to the latest version.
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/
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-6109 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-6109 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-6109 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-6109 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • 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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 10
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
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