CVE-2012-3479

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.037 · 90 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.74% (90th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

lisp/files.el in Emacs 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, and 24.1 automatically executes eval forms in local-variable sections when the enable-local-variables option is set to :safe, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary Emacs Lisp code via a crafted file.

cvss

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

6.8

010

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

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-915USLLM-inferredCWE-94USLLM-inferred

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
gnu emacs= 23.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs= 23.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs= 23.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs= 24.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-08-25modified 2026-06-16

references (32)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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