Vulnerability in Gnu Emacs

CVE-2003-1232

Emacs 21.2.1 does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code in the local variables section of a text file, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using the mode-name variable.

EPSS: 0.030 (86.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Emacs — versions 21.2.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

References