Emacs 24.4 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions.

published 2017-08-28 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9302

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.9%; EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

distros 1

emacs openSUSE Tumbleweed 25.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10469-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-9483 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 1.9

emacs: left-click modifies the PRIMARY selection

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1181599
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/15
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/99688
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-9483
NVD CVE-2014-9483

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary