7.8

CVE-2024-30202: gnu emacs Code Injection

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-30202DEBIAN-CVE-2024-30202
Published 25-03-2024Last modified 13-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-30202 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Code Injection vulnerability in gnu emacs. EPSS estimates a 1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2024-0104USN-7375-1

Timeline

  1. 25-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Emacs before 29.3, arbitrary Lisp code is evaluated as part of turning on Org mode. This affects Org Mode before 9.6.23.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.10% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.10%

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

Ubuntu5 products
  • emacs24All versions (No fix recorded)
  • emacs25All versions (No fix recorded)
  • org-mode< 9.5.2+dfsh-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 9.6.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • xemacs21All versions (No fix recorded)
  • xemacs21-packagesAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • emacs< 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u1 | < 1:29.3+1-1
  • org-modeAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 9.6.23+dfsg-1
Gnu2 products

3 vendors · 9 products

References

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