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CVE-2024-30204

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-30204 describes a low-severity vulnerability in Emacs versions prior to 29.3, where LaTeX preview is enabled by default for email attachments, affecting Debian and GNU Emacs/Org-mode. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.8 (LOW), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to a low impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.8LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 106 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 emacs 29.4-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19745-17086Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17168-17086Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 emacs 29.3 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 29.3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17777-17084Fixed in: 29.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: emacs-1:27.2-10.el9
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: emacs
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: emacs

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2024-30204Moderate

emacs: LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments

Mar 25, 2024
microsoft2024-Mar/CVE-2024-30204Low

In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments.

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
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00023.html
Mailing List
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00024.html
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/3
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/4
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/7
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/3
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/4
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/5
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/6
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/11/4
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