CVE-2012-3479

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

GNU Emacs

First reported 12 years ago

2012-08-25 10:29:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-12-13 05:03:00

Affected Software

GNU Emacs 23.2

23.2

GNU Emacs 23.3

23.3

GNU Emacs 23.4

23.4

GNU Emacs 24.1

24.1

References

http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12155

openSUSE-SU-2012:1348

50157

Vendor Advisory

50801

DSA-2603

MDVSA-2013:076

[oss-security] 20120813 Security flaw in GNU Emacs file-local variables

Patch

[oss-security] 20120812 Re: Security flaw in GNU Emacs file-local variables

54969

1027375

SSA:2012-228-02

USN-1586-1

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