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    CVE-2024-53920

    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.)

    Published:Nov 27, 2024
    Last Modified:Aug 20, 2026
    EPS:Nov 27, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00526
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Emacs
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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