CVE-2024-30205

In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode before 9.6.23.

Published: 2024-03-25 Last update: 2025-05-01 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-30205 is rated Low Risk (31.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-30205

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 2025-11-21 0.06% 0.03% -0.03%
2 2025-11-18 0.03% 0.06% +0.03%
3 2025-05-03 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-30205

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.2 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-30205

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-30205

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-30205: 1 source package rows (emacs); 10 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 10. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-30205
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-30205 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (emacs, org-mode), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 9, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-30205
gentoo high CVE-2024-30205: 1 GLSA(s) (202407-08), 2 atom(s) (app-editors/emacs, app-emacs/org-mode); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2024-30205
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-30205
suse medium CVE-2024-30205 severity moderate: SUSE including 30 source package names (emacs, emacs-24.3-25.17.1, …), 96 product×package rows across 20 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (20 product lines)): Fixed 95, Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-30205/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-30205 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (emacs, emacs24, emacs25, org-mode, xemacs21, xemacs21-packages), 56 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 16, DNE 14, ignored 9, released 9, not-affected 8. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-30205

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-30205

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu emacs < 29.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu org_mode < 9.6.23 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:org_mode:*:*:*:*:*:gnu_emacs:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-30205

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