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.
CVE-2007-6109
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
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- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 86.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 7, 2007
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (30)
- cve@mitrehttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297
- cve@mitrehttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/27965
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/27984
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/28838
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30109
- cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034
- cve@mitrehttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38904
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | emacs22-bin-common (22.1-0ubuntu10.1) @ hardy | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
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- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2007-61092022-06-17
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.
- UbuntuUSN-607-1MEDIUM
Emacs vulnerabilities
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