CVE-2012-3479 (GCVE-0-2012-3479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-25 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=sl… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12155 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/50801 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1586-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54969 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027375 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/50157 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2603 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2012-08-07 00:00
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