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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2007-6078 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-607-1 | Emacs vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T15:54:26.839Z
Reserved: 2007-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2007-6109
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Status : Modified
Published: 2007-12-07T11:46:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2007-6109
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN