emacs: CEDET global-ede-mode file loading vulnerability
Published Jan 19, 2012
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.30%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in EDE in CEDET before 1.0.1, as used in GNU Emacs before 23.4 and other products, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted Lisp expression in a Project.ede file in the directory, or a parent directory, of an opened file.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- ≤ 23.3
- 20.0
- 20.1
- 20.2
- 20.3
- 20.4
- 20.5
- 20.6
- 20.7
- 21
- 21.1
- 21.2
- 21.2.1
- 21.3
- 21.3.1
- 21.4
- 22.1
- 22.2
- 22.3
- 23.1
- 23.2
- 23.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
emacs
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
emacs
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
emacs
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | emacs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | emacs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | emacs | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of emacs as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 or 6 as they did not include support for CEDET.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.30% (0.02301) | 82.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02733) | 84.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.03% (0.04030) | 87.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.35% (0.15350) | 91.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 4.03% (0.04030) | 87.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.96% (0.02955) | 85.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00148) | 52.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00151) | 49.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (17)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/072285.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/072288.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-01/msg00387.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47311 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47515 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50801 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28649762 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28657612 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:076 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1586-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0035 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773023 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0035
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0035
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