CVE-2000-0271

N/A

Description

read-passwd and other Lisp functions in Emacs 20 do not properly clear the history of recently typed keys, which allows an attacker to read unencrypted passwords.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published4/18/2000

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

gnu:emacs

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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