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Fencer Vulns
low 2.8

CVE-2024-30204 json

In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments.

published 2024-03-25 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-28136

cvss
2.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments.

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-2024-30204

  • emacs Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2
  • emacs Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1
  • emacs24 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm4
  • emacs25 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-30204

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 RHEL 9 1:27.2-10.el9
  • emacs-nox RHEL 9 1:27.2-10.el9
  • emacs-lucid RHEL 9 1:27.2-10.el9
  • emacs-common RHEL 9 1:27.2-10.el9
  • emacs-filesystem RHEL 9 1:27.2-10.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:9302

  • emacs SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +4 more 25.3-150000.3.22.1
  • emacs SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 24.3-25.17.1
  • emacs SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 27.2-150400.3.11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:2297-1SUSE-SU-2024:1317-1SUSE-SU-2024:1294-1

  • emacs Rocky Linux 9 1:27.2-10.el9_4

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:9302

  • emacs Azure Linux 3.0 29.3

azure linux advisories AZL-37106

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-2024-30204 updated cvss 5.5

emacs: LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments

  • 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 or do not generate a preview of LaTeX documents from untrusted sources.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 emacs, emacs-nox, emacs-lucid, emacs-common, emacs-terminal, emacs-filesystem Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 emacs
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Do not open or do not generate a preview of LaTeX documents from untrusted sources.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) emacs 27.2-10.el9, emacs-nox 27.2-10.el9, emacs-lucid 27.2-10.el9, emacs-common 27.2-10.el9, emacs-filesystem 27.2-10.el9
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not open or do not generate a preview of LaTeX documents from untrusted sources.” RHSA-2024:9302

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

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 3.1 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

Sources

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