Vulnerability in GNU Emacs

CVE-2012-3479

lisp/files.el in Emacs 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, and 24.1 automatically executes eval forms in local-variable sections when the enable-local-variables option is set to :safe, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary Emacs Lisp code via a crafted file.

EPSS: 0.038 (88.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Emacs — versions 23.2, 23.3, 23.4
  • N/a — versions n/a

References