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CVE-2012-3479General(gnu / emacs)

LOWCVSS 6.8 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Patch / fix
Vendor / third-party advisories
Other references

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • emacs

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
gnu
Products
emacs

4 versions affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-28: 105-28
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Yasushi Abe@yasushia
    General

    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3479 emacsがずいぶん前に禁止したやつだ。CVE番号あったんだな。

    Post summary

    The post only references CVE-2012-3479 via its NVD link and offers no further details about the vulnerability, exploitation, or mitigation.

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CPE platform detail4 entries

4 of 4 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appgnuemacs23.2--
Appgnuemacs23.3--
Appgnuemacs23.4--
Appgnuemacs24.1--

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