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xemacs21 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6109

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.

Products
xemacs21
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
21.4.21-4
CVEs
CVE-2007-6109
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 15:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6109

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Dec 2007, 11:46 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6109

xemacs21

Fixed versions: 21.4.21-4

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6109",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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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    "severity": "unknown",
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/xemacs21?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6109.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-21T17:47:34.454089583Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6109"
      ]
    },
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 398311,
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}