CVE-2012-3479
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3435)
- Published
- August 25, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3435 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / emacs
- gnu / emacs
- gnu / emacs
- gnu / emacs
References
- http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12155
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00057.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50157(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50801
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2603
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:076
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/1(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54969
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027375
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.420006
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1586-1
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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