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CVE-2007-6109

HIGHEPSS 86th pctl
10.0
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xemacs21Debian
Fixed in:21.4.21-4CVE-2007-6109
Fixed in:21.4.21-4CVE-2007-6109
Fixed in:21.4.21-4CVE-2007-6109

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.99%probability of exploitation in 30 days
86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

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