# CVE-2007-6109: Stack-based buffer overflow in emacs allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspe

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-12-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

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

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