VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-30202
In Emacs before 29.3, arbitrary Lisp code is evaluated as part of turning on Org mode.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.10%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.10% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- gnu/emacs · gnu/org mode
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6Mailing List
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=befa9fcaae29a6c9a283ba371c3c5234c7f644ebPatch
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29Release Notes
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=003ddacf1c8d869b1858181c29ea21b731a8d8d9Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6Mailing List
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=befa9fcaae29a6c9a283ba371c3c5234c7f644ebPatch
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29Release Notes
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=003ddacf1c8d869b1858181c29ea21b731a8d8d9Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.