CVE-2012-3479 (GCVE-0-2012-3479)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-08-25 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
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.
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