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CVE-2014-3421

emacs: multiple temporary file issues

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.1

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · May 5, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gnus.face.ppm temporary file.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWE-377 · Insecure Temporary File