CVE-2014-3423

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3423
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-08 10:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionlisp/net/browse-url.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.##### temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Emacs 20.0 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 20.1 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 20.2 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 20.3 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 20.4 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 20.5 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 20.6 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 20.7 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21.1 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21.2 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21.2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21.3 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21.3.1 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21.4 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 22.1 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 22.2 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 22.3 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 23.1 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 23.2 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 23.3 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 23.4 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 24.1 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 24.2 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs All All All All
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 3 All All All
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Emacs-diffs] emacs-24 r117068: browse-url.el comment af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request - Predictable temporary filenames in GNU Emacs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
#17428 - Bug#747100: emacs23: Insecure use of temporary files in included lisp libraries/packages - GNU bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 debbugs.gnu.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0250 - Updated emacs packages fix CVE-2014-3421-4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:117 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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