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CVE-2024-30205

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-30205 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Emacs before version 29.3, specifically within its Org mode component (before 9.6.23). This flaw allows Org mode to trust the contents of remote files, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or other malicious actions if a user opens a specially crafted remote file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating a high impact on integrity and availability with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction. Currently, there is no known 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

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 emacs 29.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed 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: 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
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed 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: 17382-16823Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17776-17084Fixed in: 29.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 emacs 29.3-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 29.3-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: emacs-1:26.1-12.el8_10
View patch
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

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Dec/CVE-2024-30205

CVE-2024-30205

Dec 10, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-30205Moderate

emacs: Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted

Mar 25, 2024
microsoft2024-Mar/CVE-2024-30205Important

In Emacs before 29.3 Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. 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
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
Mailing List