CVE-2003-1232

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.030 · 87 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
3.01% (87th) EPSS
CVSS 5.1 · medium
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Emacs 21.2.1 does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code in the local variables section of a text file, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using the mode-name variable.

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cvss

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

5.1
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05.1mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 6.4
v2.04.6mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USLLM-inferredCWE-915USLLM-inferred
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exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

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affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2003-12-31modified 2026-06-16
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references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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