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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…
Medium6.8EPSS 3.7%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- SSA:2012-228-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12155 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1348 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 50801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120812 Re: Security flaw in GNU Emacs file-local variables (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-1586-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 54969 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1027375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120813 Security flaw in GNU Emacs file-local variables (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 50157 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:076 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-2603 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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