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GHSA-qf2q-r4v7-rv34
GHSA-qf2q-r4v7-rv34
PUBLISHED
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2022
The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to :safe, does not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables, which might allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file containing a Local variables declaration.
Timeline
- May 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-qf2q-r4v7-rv34
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References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38263 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27728 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26327 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5795 advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00524.html url
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197958 url
- http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lisp/files.el?r1=1.896.2.28&r2=1.896.2.29 url
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 url
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27508 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27984 url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3715 url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references url
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-541-1 advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 url
- http://osvdb.org/42060 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27627 url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034 url
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449008 advisory