CVE-2014-9483

Emacs 24.4 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions.

Published: 2017-08-28 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9483 is rated Moderate Risk (44.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.23%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9483

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 2025-03-30 0.46% 0.23% -0.22%
2 2025-03-29 0.25% 0.46% +0.21%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9483

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9483

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9483

vendor priority summary link
suse medium CVE-2014-9483 severity moderate: SUSE including 63 source package names (emacs-25.1-1.1, emacs-25.3-1.124, …), 77 product×package rows across 22 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1, … (22 product lines)): Fixed 77. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9483/
ubuntu negligible CVE-2014-9483 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (emacs23, emacs24, emacs25), 24 status rows across 8 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): DNE 16, not-affected 7, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9483

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9483

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu emacs 24.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:24.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9483

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