4.6

CVE-2008-1694: gnu emacs Link Following

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1694
Published 21-04-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1694 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) Link Following vulnerability in gnu emacs. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-04-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • xemacs21< 21.4.21-4
Gnu1 product
  • emacs20.7 | 21.1 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 21.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

13 links
Show all 13 references