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CVE-2024-30202

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-30202 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting GNU Emacs prior to version 29.3 and Org Mode before 9.6.23, allowing for arbitrary Lisp code execution when Org mode is enabled. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this local vulnerability requires low privileges and no user interaction, enabling a threat actor to achieve high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low immediate threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 29.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 9.6.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:org_mode:*:*:*:*:*:gnu_emacs:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 emacs 29.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17382-16823Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17776-17084Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 20109-17086Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19239-17084Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 emacs 29.3-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 emacs 29.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 emacs 28.2-6 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 29.3-1
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: emacs

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Nov/CVE-2024-30202

CVE-2024-30202

Nov 12, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-30202Moderate

emacs: arbitrary Lisp code is evaluated as part of turning on Org mode

Mar 25, 2024
microsoft2024-Mar/CVE-2024-30202Important

In Emacs before 29.3 arbitrary Lisp code is evaluated as part of turning on Org mode. This affects Org Mode before 9.6.23.

Mar 12, 2024

References

git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/emacs.git/commit
Patch
git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS
Release Notes
git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6
Mailing List