CVE-2017-1000383

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.5) in gnu emacs. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GNU Emacs version 25.3.1 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a backup save file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME]~") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the emacs binary.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2017-10-31
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gnu:emacs

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/31/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101671
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/31/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101671

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