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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2024-53920
Modified
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-cve@mitre.org
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-27 Nov, 2024 | 15:15
Updated At-03 Nov, 2025 | 21:17

In elisp-mode.el in GNU Emacs before 30.1, a user who chooses to invoke elisp-completion-at-point (for code completion) on untrusted Emacs Lisp source code can trigger unsafe Lisp macro expansion that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. (This unsafe expansion also occurs if a user chooses to enable on-the-fly diagnosis that byte compiles untrusted Emacs Lisp source code.)

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
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Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Secondary3.17.8HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Type: Secondary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 7.8
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CPE Matches

GNU
gnu
>>emacs>>Versions before 30.1(exclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-94Secondary134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE ID: CWE-94
Type: Secondary
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Evaluator Description

Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements

References
HyperlinkSourceResource
https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2024-11-27-emacs-aritrary-code-execution-and-how-to-avoid-it.htmlcve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tag/?h=emacs-30.0.92cve@mitre.org
Product
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/ChangeLog.4cve@mitre.org
Release Notes
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-30.1cve@mitre.org
Product
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42256409cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
https://yhetil.org/emacs/CAFXAjY5f4YfHAtZur1RAqH34UbYU56_t6t2Er0YEh1Sb7-W=hg@mail.gmail.com/cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00033.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
Hyperlink: https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2024-11-27-emacs-aritrary-code-execution-and-how-to-avoid-it.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tag/?h=emacs-30.0.92
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Product
Hyperlink: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/ChangeLog.4
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Release Notes
Hyperlink: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-30.1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Product
Hyperlink: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42256409
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Issue Tracking
Hyperlink: https://yhetil.org/emacs/CAFXAjY5f4YfHAtZur1RAqH34UbYU56_t6t2Er0YEh1Sb7-W=hg@mail.gmail.com/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Mailing List
Hyperlink: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00033.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
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