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 precision value in an integer format string specifier to the format function, as…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.04% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnu/emacs
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.