Gnu Emacs

12 CVEs affecting Gnu Emacs. Latest disclosed: 2026-04-22. Critical: 0, High: 2.

Top CVEs affecting Gnu Emacs
CVESeverityScorePublishedSummary
CVE-2017-14482High8.82017-09-14GNU Emacs before 25.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email with crafted "Content-Type: text/enriched" data containing an x-display XML e…
CVE-2014-9483High7.52017-08-28Emacs 24.4 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions.
CVE-2026-6861Medium6.12026-04-22A flaw was found in GNU Emacs. This vulnerability, a memory corruption issue, occurs when Emacs processes specially crafted SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) CSS…
CVE-2017-1000383Medium5.52017-10-31GNU 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 b…
CVE-2014-34242014-05-08lisp/net/tramp-sh.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/tramp.##### temporary file.
CVE-2014-34232014-05-08lisp/net/browse-url.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.##### temporary file.
CVE-2014-34222014-05-08lisp/emacs-lisp/find-gc.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file under /tmp/es…
CVE-2014-34212014-05-08lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gnus.face.ppm temporary fi…
CVE-2012-11032012-09-25emacs/notmuch-mua.el in Notmuch before 0.11.1, when using the Emacs interface, allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted MML ta…
CVE-2012-34792012-08-25lisp/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…
CVE-2012-00352012-01-19Untrusted search path vulnerability in EDE in CEDET before 1.0.1, as used in GNU Emacs before 23.4 and other products, allows local users to gain privileges vi…
CVE-2010-08252010-04-05lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack, related to improp…