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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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Emacs | — | Apply OS X security update 2008-002 | Dec 16, 2011 | Dec 7, 2007 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade xemacs21 | Jul 30, 2024 | Dec 7, 2007 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-editors/emacs. | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 7, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade emacsUpgrade xemacsUpgrade xemacs-elUpgrade emacs-x11Upgrade xemacs-infoUpgrade emacs-infoUpgrade emacs-noxUpgrade suse-releaseUpgrade emacs-el | Feb 17, 2015 | Dec 7, 2007 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade emacs22Upgrade emacs21Upgrade emacs22-bin-commonUpgrade emacs21-bin-common | Nov 8, 2024 | Dec 7, 2007 |
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