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CVE-2024-30204

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

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

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• GNU Emacs: before 29.3 — fixed in 29.3
• GNU Org Mode: before 9.6.23 — fixed in 9.6.23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNU Emacs 29.3; GNU Org Mode 9.6.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/10/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/11/4
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=6f9ea396f49cbe38c2173e0a72ba6af3e03b271c
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29

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