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high 7.8

CVE-2024-30202 json

In Emacs before 29.3, arbitrary Lisp code is evaluated as part of turning on Org mode.

published 2024-03-25 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-28134

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gnu emacs 29.3
  • gnu org_mode 9.6.23
  • emacs Debian 12 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u1
  • emacs Debian 14, Debian 13 1:29.3+1-1
  • org-mode Debian 14, Debian 13 9.6.23+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-30202

  • org-mode Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 9.5.2+dfsh-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • org-mode Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 9.6.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-30202

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • emacs CBL-Mariner 2.0, Azure Linux 3.0 29.3-1

azure linux advisories AZL-37082AZL-37105

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-30202 updated cvss 7.8

emacs: arbitrary Lisp code is evaluated as part of turning on Org mode

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 emacs, emacs-el, emacs-nox, emacs-common Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 emacs, emacs-el, emacs-nox, emacs-common, emacs-terminal, emacs-filesystem
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Do not open Org mode files from untrusted sources.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 emacs
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Do not open Org mode files from untrusted sources.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 emacs, emacs-nox, emacs-lucid, emacs-common, emacs-terminal, emacs-filesystem Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 emacs, emacs-nox, emacs-lucid, emacs-common, emacs-filesystem
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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