CVE-2024-30203
In Emacs before 29.3, Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted.
02 Description
In Emacs before 29.3, Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-03-25 00:00Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-11-07 11:03Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-03-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-349Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted DataBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 202a091bd2416bcb77ba3ad3c995df1aad5c09dd1023112b45505615ba6920be
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=937b9042ad7426acdcca33e3d931d8f495bdd804
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20240429 [SECURITY] [DLA 3801-1] emacs security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00023.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20240430 [SECURITY] [DLA 3802-1] org-mode security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00024.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240325 Re: GNU emacs 29.3 released to fix security issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240408 Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240410 Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240411 Re: Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/11/5
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240411 Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/11/6
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240411 Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/11/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240410 Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240408 Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240410 Re: Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/5
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240408 Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/7
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240408 Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240410 Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/6
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- emacs Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
- emacs-common Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
- emacs-filesystem Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
- emacs-lucid Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
- emacs-nox Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
- emacs-terminal Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- emacs Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
- emacs-common Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
- emacs-filesystem Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
- emacs-lucid Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
- emacs-nox Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
- emacs-terminal Fixed in 1:26.1-12.el8_10
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- emacs Fixed in 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u1
- org-mode No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- emacs Fixed in 1:29.3+1-1
- org-mode Fixed in 9.6.23+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- emacs Fixed in 1:29.3+1-1
- org-mode Fixed in 9.6.23+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- xemacs21 No fix yet
- xemacs21-packages No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- xemacs21 No fix yet
- xemacs21-packages No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- xemacs21 No fix yet
- xemacs21-packages No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- emacs Fixed in 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2
- xemacs21 No fix yet
- xemacs21-packages No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- xemacs21 No fix yet
- xemacs21-packages No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- xemacs21 No fix yet
- xemacs21-packages No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- xemacs21 No fix yet
- xemacs21-packages No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- xemacs21 No fix yet
- xemacs21-packages No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- emacs24 Fixed in 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm4Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- emacs25 Fixed in 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- emacs Fixed in 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.