What is CVE-2017-1000383?

CVE-2017-1000383 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Emacs, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000383?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Gnu Emacs

CVE-2017-1000383

GNU Emacs version 25.3.1 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a backup save file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME]~") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user runnin…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.001 (34.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gnu Emacs
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000383?: CVE-2017-1000383 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Emacs, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000383?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.