6.8

CVE-2012-3479: gnu emacs

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDSA-2603-1
Published 25-08-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3479 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in gnu emacs. EPSS estimates a 3.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.79%
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. 25-08-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.79% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.79%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • emacs23< 23.2+1-7+squeeze1
Gnu1 product
  • emacs23.2 | 23.3 | 23.4 | 24.1

2 vendors · 2 products

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