CVE-2024-30204
What it is
In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 2.8 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-276 · Incorrect default permissions
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Gnu Emacs < 29.3
- Gnu Org Mode < 9.6.23
- Debian Linux 10.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 2.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2024-30204.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2024-30204. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=6f9ea396f49cbe38c2173e0a72ba6af3e03b271c
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=6f9ea396f49cbe38c2173e0a72ba6af3e03b271c
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/11/4
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=6f9ea396f49cbe38c2173e0a72ba6af3e03b271c
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00024.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/11/4
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=6f9ea396f49cbe38c2173e0a72ba6af3e03b271c