CVE-2007-6109 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU Emacs. This flaw allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) and potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by providing a large precision value in an integer format string specifier to the format function. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is considered critical, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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CVE-2007-6109
Jun 14, 2022Emacs buffer overflows
Dec 7, 2007Stack-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.
Dec 2, 2007