CVE-2007-6109

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 7, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2007-6109: Critical severity, CVSS 10.0 | Vulnix