Upstream information

CVE-2012-3479 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 775993 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2012:1348-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 12:56:25 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:05:36 2023