CVE-2014-3422

lisp/emacs-lisp/find-gc.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file under /tmp/esrc/.

Published: 2014-05-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3422 is rated Low Risk (25.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3422

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-26 0.18% 0.14% -0.03%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.18% +0.13%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3422

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3422

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3422

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2014-3422 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xemacs21-packages), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3422
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3422
suse medium CVE-2014-3422 severity moderate: SUSE including 98 source package names (emacs, emacs-22.3-4.42.1, …), 268 product×package rows across 58 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (58 product lines)): Fixed 181, Known Not Affected 87. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3422/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3422 medium priority: Ubuntu including 7 source packages (emacs-snapshot, emacs22, …), 96 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 53, not-affected 29, ignored 8, needs-triage 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3422

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3422

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu emacs <= 24.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 20.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 20.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 20.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 20.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 20.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 20.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 20.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 20.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 21 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 21.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 21.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 21.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 21.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 21.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 21.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 22.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:22.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 22.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:22.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 22.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:22.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 23.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 23.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:23.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 23.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:23.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 23.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:23.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 24.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:24.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu emacs 24.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:24.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mageia_project mageia 3 cpe:2.3:o:mageia_project:mageia:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mageia_project mageia 4 cpe:2.3:o:mageia_project:mageia:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3422

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