CVE-2024-39331

In Emacs before 29.4, org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it specifies an unsafe function, such as shell-command-to-string. This affects Org Mode before 9.7.5.

Published: 2024-06-23 Last update: 2025-04-30 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-39331 is rated Moderate Risk (60.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.42%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-39331

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 2026-02-19 0.35% 0.42% +0.07%
2 2026-02-18 0.44% 0.35% -0.09%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-39331

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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: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.
 3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-39331

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-39331

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-39331: 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-2024-39331
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-39331 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-2024-39331
gentoo high CVE-2024-39331: 1 GLSA(s) (202409-19), 2 atom(s) (app-editors/emacs, app-emacs/org-mode); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2024-39331
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39331
suse high CVE-2024-39331 severity important: SUSE including 47 source package names (emacs-24.3-25.20.1, emacs-25.3-150000.3.22.1, …), 170 product×package rows across 31 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (31 product lines)): Fixed 170. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39331/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-39331 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, released 11, ignored 9, not-affected 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-39331

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-39331

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu emacs < 29.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-39331

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