CVE-2000-0271

mediumpriority · track · 18OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.34% (27th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

read-passwd and other Lisp functions in Emacs 20 do not properly clear the history of recently typed keys, which allows an attacker to read unencrypted passwords.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.6

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.03.9lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USLLM-inferredCWE-312USLLM-inferred

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
gnu emacs= 20.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs= 20.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs= 20.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs= 20.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs= 20.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs= 20.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs= 20.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2000-04-18modified 2026-06-16

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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